About this title: Mahfouz's novel about a middle-class Cairo family is set in 1981, during the presidency of Anwar al-Sadat. Sadat is assassinated in the course of the story, and the struggles of the family to come to terms with modernism and change is narrated by the head of the family, his grandson, and the grandson's beautiful girlfriend.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2000-06-06
ISBN-13:9780385499224ISBN:0385499221
Description: Good. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. Thirty-three pages have highlighting/ underlining and or notes in margin. Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
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Description: Good. Used-Good Later printing May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Ships same or next day. Expedited shipping takes 2-3 business days; standard shipping takes 4-14 business days. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2000-06-06
ISBN-13:9780385499224ISBN:0385499221
Description: Good. Cover has minimal edge wear and corners lightly rubbed. Pages are clean and free of any noticeable marks or highlighting! ! FAST SHIPPING W/USPS TRACKING! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2000-06-06
ISBN-13:9780385499224ISBN:0385499221
Description: Good. Cover has minimal edge wear and corners lightly rubbed. Pages are clean and free of any noticeable marks or highlighting! ! FAST SHIPPING W/USPS TRACKING! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2000-06-06
ISBN-13:9780385499224ISBN:0385499221
Description: Good. Cover has minimal edge wear and corners lightly rubbed. Pages have a moderate amount of marks and highlighting. FAST SHIPPING W/USPS TRACKING! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ANCHOR
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385499224ISBN:0385499221
Description: New. AN ANCHOR PAPERBACK ORIGINAL From the Nobel Prize laureate and author of the acclaimed Cairo Trilogy, a beguiling and artfully compact novel set in Sadat's Egypt. "[Mahfouz] is not only a Hugo and a Dickens, but also a Galsworthy, Zola and a Jules Ro... read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780385499224ISBN:0385499221
Description: as New. 102pp. 8x5in. Spine colored in gold, green, and white 3rds. In the breathtakingly compact novel. Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz delves into the great generational themes featured in his epic Cairo Trilogy. The time is 1981. Anwar al-Sadat is president, and Infitah, Sadat's open-door economic policy, is wreaking havoc in the everyday lives of citizens. Set against this backdrop, The Day the Leader Was Killed relates the tale of a middle-class Cairene family. Rich with irony and infused ... read more
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