Children of the Alley: A Novel - Couverture souple

Mahfouz, Naguib

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0385264739 ISBN 13 : 9780385264730

Editeur : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Mahfouz Naguib

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The tumultuous alley of this rich and intricate novel (first published in Arabic in 1959) is inhabited by a delightful Egyptian family, but is also the setting for a second, hidden, and more daring narrative: the spiritual history of humankind. The men and women of a modern Cairo neighborood unwittingly reenact the lives of their holy ancestors: from the feudal lord who disowns one son for diabolical pride and puts another to the test, to the savior of a succeeding generation who frees his people from bondage. This powerful novel confirms again the richness and variety of Mahfouz's storytelling and his status as "the single most important writer in modern Arabic literature" (Newsweek).

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0385264739
• ISBN 13: 9780385264730
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464