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Adrift on the Nile

Adrift on the Nile

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Adrift on the Nile

by Mahfouz, Naguib

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ISBN 10
0385423330
ISBN 13
9780385423335
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New Yq: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1993. 168 pages. Originally published in 1966 in Arabic; translated to English in 1993. Living on a houseboat on the Nile with nowhere to go. Waterpipes and hemp. Clean throughout. . First Paperback Edition. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. Small 8vo.

Synopsis

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, his works range from reimaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Over a career that lasted more than five decades, he wrote 33 novels, 13 short story anthologies, numerous plays, and 30 screenplays. 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 awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first writer in Arabic to do so. He died in August 2006.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Adrift on the Nile
Author
Mahfouz, Naguib
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition
ISBN 10
0385423330
ISBN 13
9780385423335
Publisher
Anchor Books Doubleday
Place of Publication
New Yq
Date Published
1993
Keywords
adrift on the nile gaguib mahfouz cairo egypt cairo trilogy
Size
Small 8vo

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