Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Naguib Mahfouz

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Summary

The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth.
The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.

Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Summary

Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz

The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.

Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Reviews

Who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind * New York Times *
The earliest novels are set in the Pharaonic milieu of ancient Egypt. But here already there are side-long glances at today's society. * Swedish Academy *

About Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the most prominent literary figure in the Arab world of the Twentieth Century. Best known for his Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Walk), which became an international bestseller, he was born in Cairo in 1911 and lived in the suburb of Agouza with his wife and two daughters for the rest of his life. He published more than thirty novels as well as many collections of short stories, plays and screenplays. In 1994, after he published a novel that led him into trouble with Egypt's religious authorities, an attempt was made on his life, but he died peacefully in 2006, aged 94.

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GOR001697233

ISBN 13

9781841593050

ISBN 10

1841593052

Title

Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz

Author

Naguib Mahfouz

Series

Everyman's Library CLASSICS

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Everyman

Year published

2007-04-05

Number of pages

632

Prizes

N/A

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