About this title: A novel, first published in Arabic in 1966, by the 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. A group of disaffected middle-class Cairenes venture out for a drive which sets off a chain of events that destroys their easy camaraderie and exposes the frailty of human relationships.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780385423229ISBN:0385423225
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover, w/jacket as shown. Ex-lib, usual marks, crossouts, d/j in 'mylar', but--NO stains, tears, non-lib writing, in tight & clean book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 167 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780385423229ISBN:0385423225
Description: No Illustrations. Very Good in Very Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. PICTORIAL DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR. YELLOW HALF-CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. LIBRARY STAMP IS REMOVED FROM COVER. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780385423335ISBN:0385423330
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 167 pp. Pages unmarked, binding tight, covers unmarked. In gift-giving condition. Mr. Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize for Fiction in the late 1990s. This novel brings to life modern Cairo's "uneasy truce between old ways and new. " Beautiful prose wonderfully translated. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday, NY
Date Published: 1993
Description: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first US edition, in wraps. Near fine condition. The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Translated from the Arabic by Frances Liardet. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 1994-02-01
ISBN-13:9780385423335ISBN:0385423330
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780385423335. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780385423335ISBN:0385423330
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
"... a spontaneous philosophical life described by different narrow set of educated & non educated cairo's people. who want to imagine a certain pro arab thinking with nargille and scent of nile....just find a good atmosphere and of course the book...enjoy!"
"When Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize, I was interested in reading his work, and for some reason this was the book I chose from those few on the library shelf. The nicest thing I can say about it is that the prose was good enough that I read the whole thing and it made a lasting impression. Unfortunately the impression it made was negative, discouraging me from ever reading Mahfouz again.
I suppose that when a writer is prolific, some of his stories may be little backwaters where nothing happens. This one is a like a poor movie with a good actor or two but without any kind of enlightening ending. Mahfouz doesn't like these characters. He puts them in the same story structure as the semi-celebrated film Abigail's Party: characters who never gain any insight over the course of the story and eventually somebody gets hurt and our stupid characters pause for a moment and reflect, gee, somebody got hurt. There's no catharsis in this plot and not nearly enough action to redeem the omission."
"Should be read as a companion piece to Camus' 'The Fall.' Divides the world's attitudes into a dichotomy of 'Seriousness'-which ignores the inherent meaningless of reality, and 'Absurd'- which is truer but unsatisfying. Finds some solace in opiates, women, and friends, but ultimately implies existence is a solitary quest (and possibly unanswerable)."
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