Khan al-Khalili
$34.92
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2011
Summary
A newly translated novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author.
As German bombs fall on 1942 Cairo, a middle-class family takes refuge in the crowded, colorful, and historic neighborhood of Khan al-Khalili, where they hope they will be safe.
Khan al-Khalili, by Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz, portrays the clash of old and new in an historic Cairo neighborhood as German bombs fall on the city.
The time is 1942, World War II is at its height, and the Africa …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307742575 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0307742571 |
| Author: | Naguib Mahfouz |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 23mm |
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“Mahfouz is 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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