Thebes at War
A Novel of Ancient Egypt
$31.38
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2006
Summary
One of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s earliest works, translated into English for the first time, THEBES AT WAR is a historical novel about ancient Egypt’s victory over foreign occupiers, and is known and loved throughout the country as a work that celebrates the Egyptian national character. First time in paperback.
Known and loved throughout Egypt as a work that celebrates the national character, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s Thebes at War tells of a high point in Egyptian history…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400076697 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1400076692 |
| Author: | Naguib Mahfouz |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 207g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“His work is imbued with love for Egypt and its people.” –The Washington Post Book World
“Mahfouz is the single most important writer in modern Arabic literature.” –Newsday
“Mahfouz’s understanding of human psychology and history is profound.” –The Boston Globe
“A storyteller of the first order in any idiom.” –Vanity Fair
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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