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1) Palace walk
Author
Series
Cairo trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first book of the Cairo Trilogy recreates turn-of-the-century Cairo, with characters who are simultaneously disciplined and sensual. This novel provides a close look into Cairo society at the end of World War I. Mahfouz's vehicle for this examination is the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a middle-class merchant who runs his family strictly according to the Qur'an and directs his own behavior according to his desires. Consequently, while his wife and...
Author
Series
Cairo trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Continuing the story of al-Sayyid Ahmad and his family, this is a fascinating look at Egypt in the 1920s. Increased personal freedoms mix tenuously with traditions of family control, as two of Ahmad's sons court alluring women. Sequel to "Palace walk" and second story in "The Cairo trilogy."
3) Sugar Street
Author
Series
Cairo trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Story of the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad moving into the middle of the twentieth century while the seeds of contemporary Egypt are sown.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1989, ©1985
Edition
1st Doubleday ed.
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With this realistic 1949 novel, Najib Mahfouz reveals to Western readers the woes of a petit bourgeois family thrust into poverty in WW II Cairo. The Kamels' private battles, relayed here in engrossing detail, are a microcosm of the Egyptian nation's birth pangs in gaining independence. When their father dies, age-old conventions crumble--one social-climbing son reneges on a betrothal; drugs and illicit sex numb the grief of two self-hating siblings....
8) The harafish
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
406 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 248
Language
English
Description
"Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy of colonial Egypt is the story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife Amina, his cloistered...
10) The dreams
Author
Series
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xviii, 125 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this collection of his newest and shortest short stories, the Egyptian Nobel literature laureate has reduced the fictional form to its most essential level, while retaining his justifiably famous mastery of the storytelling art. A man finds that all the streets in his neighborhood have turned into a circus - but his joy at the sight changes to anger when he discovers he cannot escape it anywhere, even in his own home. A group of lifelong friends...
11) Midaq Alley
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st Anchor books ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 286 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Never has Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than in this outstanding novel, first published in Arabic in 1947. One of his most popular books (and considered by many to be one of his best), Midaq Alley centers around the residents of one of the teeming back alleys of Cairo.
Author
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xx, 111 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life's Wisdom is a unique collection of quotations selected from Naguib Mahfouz's works, offering philosophical insights on themes such as childhood, youth, love, marriage, war, freedom, death, the supernatural, the afterlife, the soul, immortality, and many other subjects that take us through life's journey."--BOOK JACKET.
15) Cairo modern
Author
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
242 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of young adults in Cairo is caught between the traditional teachings of their home and the modern world.
17) The search
Author
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
126 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
19) Wedding song
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1989, ©1984
Edition
1st Doubleday ed.
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Four people--the leading man, the playwright, his father and his mother-explain a sensational new play creating four distinct dramas. Is it an extraordinary work of imagination or a confession of sordid family secrets?
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