“Mahfouz’s work is freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical.” —Los Angeles Times
“A storyteller of the first order in any idiom.” —Vanity Fair
Translator’s Introduction
The Seventh Heaven
The Disturbing Occurrences
Room No. 12
The Garden Passage
Forgetfulness
Beyond the Clouds
The Haunted Woods
The Vapor of Darkness
A Man of Awesome Power
The Only Man
The Rose Garden
The Reception Hall
A Warning from Afar
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