Voices from the Other World
Ancient Egyptian Tales
$27.28
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2004
Summary
From a modern master, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s five ancient Egyptian tales, written during the early phase of his career and translated into English for the first time. First time in paperback.
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homeland’s majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times.
From the Predynastic Period, where a cabal of entrenched rulers banish virtue …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400076666 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400076668 |
| Author: | Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 115g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
“Mahfouz is the single most important writer in modern Arabic literature.” —Newsday
“The incredible variety of Mahfouz’s writings continues to dazzle our eyes.” —The Washington Post
“Mahfouz’s characters blaze with intensity, his Egypt pulsates with unresolved tensions.” —The Atlanta Constitution
About The Author
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.
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