{"title":"Albert Cossery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert Cossery (1913–2008) was an Egyptian-French writer born in Cairo who spent most of his adult life in Paris, living for decades in the same Saint-Germain-des-Prés hotel room. Writing in French about Egyptian life, Cossery produced a small, distinctive body of fiction populated by idlers, beggars, thieves, petty officials, and philosophical anti-heroes who resist work, ambition, and the structures of power through indolence, laughter, and refusal. Henry Miller was among his earliest champions in the English-speaking world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublications collected here document Cossery's work and its circulation in translation, including editions published by City Lights Books and other small presses through which his fiction reached countercultural and literary readerships outside Egypt and France.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cossery-albert-men-god-forgot-city-lights-1968","title":"Albert Cossery — Men God Forgot","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly English-language edition of Albert Cossery's first book, a collection of short stories set in Cairo. First published in French in the 1940s, \u003cem\u003eMen God Forgot\u003c\/em\u003e helped establish Cossery's world of idlers, workers, thieves, beggars, and anti-heroes. Henry Miller was an important early champion of the book, and his endorsement appears prominently on the back cover: \u003cem\u003e“I reread it recently and still think it a gem. In a way, it’s a classic. I never see anything anywhere like it.”\u003c\/em\u003e (January 19, 1963).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small City Lights paperback carrying Egyptian-French fiction through a San Francisco countercultural publishing frame. Portrait, praise, translation, price, and paper all remain visible as period evidence. Translated from the French by H.E.; introduction by Dr. Harold Edwards, Faruk University, Alexandria, Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.5 × 18.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Second printing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Age toning to covers and pages, light rubbing, edge wear, small creases, and minor handling marks. Binding intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price. Ships carefully packed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616028057938,"sku":"COSSERY-CITYLIGHTS-CAT-1968","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Cossery_Albert._Men_God_Forgot._1968_cover.jpg?v=1780305971"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/albert-cossery.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}