The days
by Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā
"For the first time ever, the three-part autobiography of one of modern Egypt's greatest writers and thinkers is available in a single volume. The first part, An Egyptian Childhood (1929), is full of the sounds and smells of rural Egypt. It tells of the author's childhood and early education in a small village in Upper Egypt, as he learns not only to come to terms with his blindness but to excel in spite of it and win a place at the prestigious Azhar University in Cairo. The second part, The St…
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- Full title :The days / Taha Hussein ; translated by E.H. Paxton, Hilary Wayment, Kenneth Cragg.
Summary
"For the first time ever, the three-part autobiography of one of modern Egypt's greatest writers and thinkers is available in a single volume. The first part, An Egyptian Childhood (1929), is full of the sounds and smells of rural Egypt. It tells of the author's childhood and early education in a small village in Upper Egypt, as he learns not only to come to terms with his blindness but to excel in spite of it and win a place at the prestigious Azhar University in Cairo. The second part, The Stream of Days: A Student at the Azhar (1929), is an enthralling picture of student life in Egypt in the early 1900s, and the record of the growth of an unusually gifted personality. More than forty years later, Hussein published A Passage to France (1973), carrying the story on to his final attainment of a doctorate at the Sorbonne, a saga of perseverance in the face of daunting odds."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:1997.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):American University of Cairo Press
- Place of Publication:Cairo
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997.
Notes
"All three volumes first published in Arabic under the title al-Ayyam: volumes one and two in 1929, volume three in 1973"--Title page verso.
"His autobiography in three parts."
"Dar el Kutub no. 3715/97"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:406 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9774244354, 9789774244353, 9789774246357, 9774246357
- oclc:ocm38444884
- LC Classification:PJ7864.A35
- Dewey Decimal:892.7/8509
Table of Contents
An Egyptian childhood -- The stream of days -- A passage to France.
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