PRAISE FOR NAGUIB MAHFOUZ:<br /><br />"The Arab world's foremost novelist"—<i><b>The New York Times</b></i><br /><br />"Mahfouz's work is freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical."—<i><b>The Los Angeles Times</b></i><br /><br />"A towering literary figure"—<i><b>The Economist</b></i><br /><br />"Egypt's greatest living writer and one of the world's most humane literary figures"—<b>Laila Lalami, <i>The Nation</i></b><br /><br />"Timeless."—<i><b>New Statesman</b></i><br /><br />"A master of both detailed realism and fabulous storytelling"—<b><i>The Guardian</i><br /></b><br />"Mahfouz is a storyteller of the first order in any idiom." —<i><b>Vanity Fair</b></i><br /><br />"An elegant if perplexing tale by one of modern Arab literature's greatest voices."—<i><b>Kirkus</b></i>

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of the great Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, the AUC Press, which has been publishing English translations of Mahfouz's work since 1978, presents all his novels, three collections of short stories, and his autobiographical writings in a single library of 20 hardbound volumes, including all 42 works translated into English. From Khufu's Wisdom, first published in Arabic in 1939, to his last work of extended fiction, The Coffeehouse (1988), all thirty-five of his novels are here, along with thirty-eight short stories His Echoes of an Autobiography is included, as well as his exquisite late series of intensely short fictions known as The Dreams and the collection of his weekly newspaper columns, Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber. This unique library brings together all Naguib Mahfouz's translated work for the first time in a very special publishing event. - Volume 1: Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War - Volume 2: Cairo Modern, Khan al-Khalili - Volume 3: Midaq Alley - Volume 4: The Mirage - Volume 5: The Beginning and the End - Volume 6: Palace Walk - Volume 7: Palace of Desire - Volume 8: Sugar Street - Volume 9: Children of the Alley - Volume 10: The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, The Search - Volume 11: The Beggar, Adrift on the Nile, Miramar - Volume 12: Mirrors, Love in the Rain, Karnak Caf - Volume 13: Fountain and Tomb, Heart of the Night, Respected Sir - Volume 14: The Harafish - Volume 15: In the Time of Love, Wedding Song, Arabian Nights and Days - Volume 16: The Final Hour, Before the Throne - Volume 17: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma, Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth - Volume 18: The Day the Leader Was Killed, Morning and Evening Talk, The Coffeehouse - Volume 19: Echoes of an Autobiography, The Dreams, Dreams of Departure, Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber - Volume 20: The Time and the Place, The Seventh Heaven, Voices from the Other World.
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The Naguib Mahfouz Centennial Library includes:

  

Volume 1 Khufu’s Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War

Volume 2 Cairo Modern, Khan al-Khalili.

Volume 3 Midaq Alley

Volume 4 The Mirage

Volume 5 The Beginning and the End

Volume 6 Palace Walk

Volume 7 Palace of Desire

Volume 8 Sugar Street

Volume 9 Children of the Alley

Volume 10 The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, The Search

Volume 11 The Beggar, Adrift on the Nile, Miramar

Volume 12 Mirrors, Love in the Rain, Karnak Café

Volume 13 Fountain and Tomb, Heart of the Night, Respected Sir

Volume 14 The Harafish

Volume 15 In the Time of Love, Wedding Song, Arabian Nights and Days

Volume 16 The Final Hour, Before the Throne

Volume 17 The Journey of Ibn Fattouma and Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth

Volume 18 The Day the Leader Was Killed, Morning and Evening Talk,

The Coffeehouse

Volume 19 Echoes of an Autobiography, The Dreams, Dreams of Departure,

Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber

Volume 20 The Time and the Place, The Seventh Heaven, Voices from the

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789774165030
Publisert
2011-10-15
Utgiver
The American University in Cairo Press; The American University in Cairo Press
Vekt
18500 gr
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
9000

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Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006) was born in the crowded Cairo district of Gamaliya. He wrote nearly 40 novel-length works, plus hundreds of short stories and numerous screenplays. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988.