{"product_id":"rotten-evidence-isbn-9781952119835","title":"Rotten Evidence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn February 2016, \u003cb\u003eAhmed Naji\u003c\/b\u003e was sentenced to two years in prison for “violating public modesty,” after an excerpt of his novel \u003ci\u003eUsing Life\u003c\/i\u003e reportedly caused a reader to experience heart palpitations. Naji ultimately served ten months of that sentence, in a group cell block in Cairo’s Tora Prison. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRotten Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of those months. Through Naji’s writing, the world of Egyptian prison comes into vivid focus, with its cigarette-based economy, home-made chess sets, and well-groomed fixers. Naji’s storytelling is lively and uncompromising, filled with rare insights into both the mundane and grand questions he confronts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does one secure a steady supply of fresh vegetables without refrigeration? How does one write and revise a novel in a single notebook? Fight boredom? Build a clothes hanger? Negotiate with the chief of intelligence? And, most crucially, how does one make sense of a senseless oppression: finding oneself in prison for the act of writing fiction. Genuine and defiant, this book stands as a testament to the power of the creative mind, in the face of authoritarian censorship. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48530159010021,"sku":"NP9781952119835","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_749d0f8c-1186-4f36-b52a-40bf97afa133.jpg?v=1773104910","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rotten-evidence-isbn-9781952119835","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}