Naguib Mahfouz

Broschiertes Buch

Sugar Street

From the Nobel Prizewinning author

Beschreibung

As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes. But through Ahamd's three grandsons we see modern how Egypt takes shape.

Autor

Naguib Mahfouz was most prominent literary figure in the Arab world of the Twentieth Century, best known for his Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Walk), which became an international bestseller. He was born in Cairo in 1911 and lived in the suburb of Agouza with his wife and two daughters for the rest of his life. He published more than thirty novels as well as many collections of short stories, plays and screenplays. In 1988, Mr Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first Arab writer to win it. In 1994, after the publication of a novel that led him into trouble with Egypt's religious authorities, an attempt was made on his life, but he died peacefully in 2006, aged 94.

Produktdetails

• Cairo Trilogy
• Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 226g
• ISBN-13: 9780552995825
• ISBN-10: 0552995827
• Artikelnr.: 22273899