Miramar
A highly charged, tightly written tale of intersecting lives, by the master of Middle Eastern fiction, Miramar provides an engaging and powerful story as well as a vivid portrait of life in Egypt in the late 1960s. In the pension Miramar, a young girl hired to do chores for the residents provokes jealousies and conflicts that inevitably lead to violence and tragedy. -- Provided by publisher.
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- Full title :Miramar / Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Fatma Moussa Mahmoud ; edited and revised by Maged el Kommos, John Rodenbeck.
Summary
A highly charged, tightly written tale of intersecting lives, by the master of Middle Eastern fiction, Miramar provides an engaging and powerful story as well as a vivid portrait of life in Egypt in the late 1960s. In the pension Miramar, a young girl hired to do chores for the residents provokes jealousies and conflicts that inevitably lead to violence and tragedy. -- Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:1993.
- Edition:1st Anchor books ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Anchor Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1993.
Notes
Translation of: Mīrāmār first published in 1967.
The Physical Object
- Description:181 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:038526478X, 9780385264785
- oclc:ocm26262582
- LC Classification:PJ7846.A46
- Dewey Decimal:892/.736
Table of Contents
Amer Wagdi -- Hosny Allam -- Mansour Bahy -- Sarhan al-Beheiry -- Amer Wagdi.
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