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Jun 15, 2016 | ISBN 9780525431688 Buy
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Jun 15, 2016 | ISBN 9780525431688
A complex tale of alienation and despair. Unable to achieve psychological renewal in the aftermath of Nasser’s revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs that intensify his feelings of estrangement. A passionate outcry against irrelevance.
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
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