Modes of Cosmopolitanism in Waguih Ghali’s Egypt in Beer in the Snooker Club

This paper examines the different expressions of nationalism and cosmopolitanism in Waguih Ghali’s semi-autobiographical Beer in the Snooker Club (1964). It defines two different forms of cosmopolitanism in the novel (colonial versus imperial) and their influence on the identity of the main characte...

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Published in:Cambridge journal of postcolonial literary inquiry 2024-05, Vol.11 (2), p.148-166
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