Palace Walk [Uncorrected Proof]
by Naguib Mahfouz
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385264658
- ISBN 13
- 9780385264655
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Proof copy of the first English-language edition of the first book in Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy, originally published in Egypt in 1956.
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 became the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.
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Details
- Seller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 10102
- Title
- Palace Walk [Uncorrected Proof]
- Author
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385264658
- ISBN 13
- 9780385264655
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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- Uncorrected Proof
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