Blue Lorries
by Radwa Achour
Chapter one
The little girl catches a fever
Chapter two
Which of the two men is better?
Chapter three
Translation problems I
Chapter four
Mahariq
Chapter five
Translation problems II
Chapter six
Paris 1968
Chapter seven
Back to Cairo
Chapter eight
Ticket to France
Chapter nine
‘We need you for an hour or two’
Chapter ten
The Panopticon
Chapter eleven
Incongruities
Chapter twelve
Lady Fortuna comes on the scene
Chapter thirteen
A discourse on the importance of agriculture
Chapter fourteen
My aunt
Chapter fifteen
Encounter
The White Mare
By Paul Fort
Chapter sixteen
Meditations on time
Chapter seventeen
The unfinished letter
Chapter eighteen
The twins
Chapter nineteen
An episode
Chapter twenty
Hazem
Chapter twenty-one
The big feast
Chapter twenty-two
Novelty
Chapter twenty-three
Blue lorries
Chapter twenty-four
Siham
Chapter twenty-five
The prison of life, the splendour of life
Epilogue
Farag
A Note on the Author
A Note on the Translator
