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Palace of Desire

The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2

The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2

By Naguib Mahfouz

By Naguib Mahfouz

By Naguib Mahfouz

By Naguib Mahfouz

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Part of The Cairo Trilogy

Part of The Cairo Trilogy

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Nov 29, 2011 | ISBN 9780307947116

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Jun 15, 2016 | ISBN 9781101974728

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    About Palace of Desire

    Palace of Desire is the second novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork.

    The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. In Palace of Desire, his rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s.
     
    Translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny, and Olive E. Kenny.

    About Palace of Desire

    The second volume of the highly acclaimed Cairo Trilogy from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, Palace Of Desire is the unforgettable story of the violent clash between ideals and realities, dreams and desires.

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    About 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… More about Naguib Mahfouz

    About 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… More about Naguib Mahfouz

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Anchor
    Nov 29, 2011 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307947116

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jun 15, 2016 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9781101974728

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    Praise

    “Mahfouz tells the story of Palace of Desire with sensitivity and humor, offering deep insights into the human condition.” —Philadelphia Inquirer 
     
    “All the magic, mystery, and suffering of Egypt in the 1920s are conveyed on a human scale.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “A grand novel of ideas. . . . A marvelous read.” —The Washington Post
     
    “In Palace of Desire     we see the intricate and complex tragedy of patriarchy working itself out through succeeding generations.” —Chicago Tribune

    Awards

    Nobel Prize WINNER 1988

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