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The Sin
Yusuf Idris
1959
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A dead newborn exposes the lives of poor migrant field workers.
Why this book matters
A physician who became the father of the modern Arabic short story. The Sin is a stark portrait of rural poverty and morality; Idris was the first to give literary voice to Egypt's common people.
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