- Fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Egypt, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
The New York Times Book Review called Palace Walk, the first volume of the Cairo Trilogy, "a tale told with great affection, sensitivity, and humor" and described Palace of Desire, the second volume, as "elegant and often explosive". The Nobel Prize winner now offers the climactic third volume, print.
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Classical in form, earnest, prestige and meticulous.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- gravecomic
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- Author
- نجيب محفوظ
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 326
- Publisher
- Marti nez Roca, Doubleday, J.-C. Lattès
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- German, English, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788427032477
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“Their heads were huddled around the brazier, and their hands were spread over its fire: Amina's thin and gaunt, Aisha's stiff, and Umm Hanafi's like the shell of a turtle.”
نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز إبراهيم أحمد الباشا (11 ديسمبر 1911 – 30 أغسطس 2006) هو كاتب مصري. يُعد أول مصري وعربي حائز على جائزة نوبل في الأدب. كتب نجيب محفوظ منذ الثلاثينات واستمر حتى 2004. تدور أحداث جميع رواياته في مصر وتظهر فيها سمة متكررة، هي الحارة التي تعادل العالم. كتب نجيب محفوظ أكثر من ثلاثين رواية اشتهرت غالبيتها وتم إنتاجها سينمائيًا أو تلفزيونيًا وكانت أول رواياته هي عبث الأقدار (1939)، أما آخرها، فكانت قشتمر (1988)، كما كتب أكثر من عشرين قصة قصيرة وكان آخرها أحلام فترة النقاهة (2004). ومن أشهر أعماله: بداية ونهاية (1949)، والثلاثية (1956–1957)، وأولاد حارتنا (1959)، والتي مُنعت من النشر في مصر منذ صدورها وحتى وقتٍ قريب، واللص والكلاب (1961)، وثرثرة فوق النيل (1966)، والكرنك (1974)،
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