Widely acclaimed as Naguib Mahfouz's best novel, Midaq Alley brings to life one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo in the 1940s. From Zaita the cripple-maker to Kirsha the hedonistic cafe owner, from Abbas the barber who mistakes greed for love to Hamida who sells her soul to escape the alley, from waiters and widows to politicians, pimps, and poets, the inhabitants of Midaq Alley vividly evoke Egypt's largest city as it teeters on the brink of change. Never has Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than here, in his portrait of one small street as a microcosm of the world on the threshold of modernity.
THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR. 'A masterpiece' - The Times 'The Arab Tolstoy' - Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Shamelessly entertaining' - Guardian 'Luminous' - New York Times A sweeping and evocative portrait of both a family and a country struggling to move toward independence in a society that has resisted change for centuries. Set against the backdrop of Britain's occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I, Palace Walk introduces us to the Al Jawad family. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. The first book of the classic Cairo Trilogy, the greatest and best loved work by the 20th century's most important Arab novelist.
Before the peace agreement, it was groundbreaking when Menahem Milson sent a letter to one of Egypt’s most prominent writers, Naguib Mahfouz.
Egyptian novelist and first Arab Nobel laureate who sprang to world attention with his depictions of life in Cairo's old city.
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Quatrième de couverture Le Caire, vers le milieu des années 1960. Au café Al-Karnak que gère une ancienne danseuse, le narrateur fait connaissance avec trois étudiants, Hilmi, Ismaïl et Zaynab. Le …
Saatchi Art is pleased to offer the photograph, "Naguib Mahfouz in the Garden, 1990," by Barry Iverson, available for purchase at $3,110 USD. Original Photography: Black & White on Paper. Size is 15.7 H x 15.3 W x 0.1 in.
The Palace Walk, by Naguib Mahfouz. Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny. Doubleday, 1991. Paperback, 498 pages. originally published in Arabic in 1956. (A nice touch in th…