Palace Walk : The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 1

Name: Palace Walk : The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 1
Author: Naguib Mahfouz
ISBN: 9780307947109

by Naguib Mahfouz

item #1 in the The Cairo Trilogy Series

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Palace Walk : The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 1

by Naguib Mahfouz

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Palace Walk is the first novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork. 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 daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons--the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. The family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two world wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny

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LanguageEnglish

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication DateNov. 29th, 2011

Pages533

ISBN-139780307947109

Dimensions5.20 x 7.98 x 0.87 inches

ISBN-100307947106

Shipping Weight0.84 lbs

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 1911. He received a degree in philosophy from the University of Cairo. He took on several civil service and government department jobs to supplement his income while writing, but retired from that career in 1971. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 30 novels including The Games of Fate, The Cairo Trilogy, Children of Gebelawi, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, Small Talk on the Nile, and Miramar. He received numerous awards including the Egyptian State Prize, the Presidential Medal from the American University in Cairo, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. He died as a result of a head injury on August 30, 2006 at the age of 94.

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"The alleys, the houses, the palaces and mosques and the people who live among them are evoked as vividly in Mahfouz's work as the streets of London were conjured up by Dickens." - Newsweek

"Rich in psychological insight and cultural observation. . . . A majestic and capacious accomplishment." - The Boston Globe "A tale told with great affection, humor, and sensitivity, in a style that in this translation is always accessible and elegant." - The New York Times Book Review

" Palace Walk is a feast indeed." - Chicago Tribune

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication DateNov. 29th, 2011

Pages533

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Dimensions5.20 x 7.98 x 0.87 inches

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Shipping Weight0.84 lbs

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