Palace walk

by Maḥfūẓ, Najīb

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Title Statements

Full title :Palace walk / Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E. Kenny.

Summary

The first book of the Cairo Trilogy recreates turn-of-the-century Cairo, with characters who are simultaneously disciplined and sensual. This novel provides a close look into Cairo society at the end of World War I. Mahfouz's vehicle for this examination is the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a middle-class merchant who runs his family strictly according to the Qur'an and directs his own behavior according to his desires. Consequently, while his wife and two daughters remain cloistered at home, and his three sons live in fear of his harsh will, al-Sayyid Ahmad nightly explores the pleasures of Cairo. Written by the first Arabic writer to win the Nobel Prize, Palace Walk begins Mahfouz's highly acclaimed "Cairo Trilogy," which follows Egypt's development from 1917 to nationalism and Nasser in the 1950s

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1991.
Edition:First Anchor books edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Anchor Books/Doubleday
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1991.

Notes

"Anchor books."

The Physical Object

Description:498 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0385264666, 9780385264662
oclc:ocm23878228
LC Classification:PJ7846.A46
Dewey Decimal:892/.736

Subjects

Arabic fiction -- Egypt Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction. -- 20th centu… Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction. -- Social con… Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction. -- Social lif… Egypt Egypt -- Cairo Egypt -- Fiction. -- History -- 20th ce… Egypt -- Fiction. -- Politics and gover… Fiction History Manners and customs Middle East Middle East -- Fiction. -- 20th century Nationalism Nationalism -- Fiction. -- 20th century… Nationalisme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.… Parables Paraboles Politics and government Social conditions