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第 16 课:Cairo International Book Fair Attracts Two Million Visitors
开罗国际书市吸引 200 万游人-3

In other cases, publishers chose to showcase books published earlier, such as the novel Zayni Barakat , written by one of Egypt's most celebrated novelists, Gamel al-Ghitany. 通常情况下,出版商选择销售在陈列架上更早出版的书,如非洲最著名小说家伽 莫· 艾尔 - 基塔尼的作品《扎 尼· 巴拉卡特》。

The book has been translated into 31 languages and was republished last year by the American University in Cairo Press. The novel considers both the defeat of the Mamlukes, who ruled Egypt until the 16th Century and Egypt's defeat by Israel in 1967. 该书被译成 31 种语言并于去年由美洲大学的开罗出版社重新出版。这部小说讲述了十六世纪马穆鲁克在埃及统治的失败及 1967 年埃及反抗以色列的失败。

Al-Ghitany was on hand Thursday to sign copies of the book: 艾尔 - 基塔尼即将于周四到现场签名售书。

Al-Ghitany : I wrote this book in 1968 to 1969, and the first English publishing it was in 1986, by Penguin Viking books. This novel now ... When I wrote it in 1969 it was very revolutionary. Opened new roads for the Arabic novel. Now it is classical. 艾尔 - 基塔尼:“我写书是 1968-1969 年期间,第一个英文版发表于 1986 年,由企鹅维京出版社出版。这本小书现在……当我 1969 年写它的时候是很革命的,为阿拉伯小说打开了一条新路。现在很古典了。”

Al-Ghitany said the American University Press will publish his latest book a few days after the fair is over. 艾尔 - 基塔尼说,美洲大学出版社将于书市结束后出版他的最新力作。

Fair organizer Abdel Mageed says the Cairo book fair is not about big business or the latest releases. The fair's impact on the country's reading public, he says, is enormous. 书市组织者马吉德表示,开罗书市无关乎大买卖或者新书发布,书市对于全国的阅读群体来说影响真的很深远。

Abdel Mageed : I think this book fair is the most important factor in widening the readership in Egypt. This annual project of reading for all played a big role in widening the readership in Egypt, in spite of the increasing prices of the books, which constitute a problem for more than half of the population. But the reduction of these prices in the book fair helped people to obtain books in reduced prices. 马吉德:“我认为,要在埃及扩大读者群,这个书市是一个最重要的因素。这项每年为所有人而设的读书工程对拓展埃及读者群起了至关重要的作用,尽管书价在不断增长。这对于过半的人口而言是个问题,但在书市内的降价也帮助人们能以低价买到书。”

And, the used book section was among the most crowded areas of the fair. 同时,二手书市场也是书市最拥挤的地方之一。