Echoes of an Autobiography more books like this

by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Nadine Gordimer (Foreword by)

Readers of Mahfouz's fiction will find many of the same themes that run through his fiction in this autobiography--his preoccupation with old age, death and life's transitory moments--all treated with his characteristic wry good humor. Also of special interest is a number of passages that he devotes to the aphoristic sayings of the traditional ...

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The Beggar, the Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail more books like this

by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz

In THE BEGGAR, a former revolutionary, now a comfortable member of the bourgeoisie after the 1952 revolution in Cairo, experiences intense alienation when the change in government deprives him of any significant role. THE THIEF AND THE DOGS is the tale of a revolutionary who is released from prison only to destroy himself through his own ...

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Respected Sir, Wedding Song, the Search more books like this

by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz

A new volume of three novels–previously published separately by Anchor–by Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Together with The Beggar, The Thief and The Dogs, and Autumn Quail (published by Anchor in December 2000), these novels represent a comprehensive collection of Mahfouz’s artful meditations on post ...

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The Time and the Place and Other Stories more books like this

by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Introduction by)

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Time and the Place more books like this

by Naguib Mahfouz, Najib Mahfuz

A collection of short stories by the author of "The Search", "Midaq Alley" and "Wedding Song". All but one of the stories are set in Cairo and they feature the denizens of the alleyways who struggle to survive their poverty, melancholy ruminations on death, and experiments with the supernatural.

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Naguib Mahfouz: The Pursuit of Meaning more books like this

by Rasheed El-Enany

Naguib Mahfouz is one of the most important Arabic fiction writers of this century. Born in 1911, his long and prolific writing career represents the evolution of a novel genre in Arabic literature. His books are a record of the tragic tensions attendant on a nations's quest for freedom and modernity. In 1988 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. ...

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Naguib Mahfouz: From Regional Fame to Global Recognition more books like this

by Michael Beard (Editor), Adnan Haydar (Editor)

Naguib Mahfouz was a widely read, popular novelist in Egypt and throughout the Arabic-speaking world for many years before he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Since that time, his regional fame has become global recognition, with English-language rights for his works commanding high prices and numerous magazines featuring profiles ...

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Egyptian Writers Between History and Fiction: Essays on Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, Gamal Al-Ghitani more books like this

by Samia Mehrez

Taking as the basis of her study the premise that the boundaries of history and literature are difficult to define, and that the two disciplines represent two related types of narrative discourse, Samia Mehrez in a series of six essays delves into the work of three leading contemporary Egyptian writers: the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah ...

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Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt: Existential Themes in His Writings more books like this

by Hayim Gordon, Haim Gordon

An examination of the writings of Naguib Mahfouz from an existential perspective. The author has conducted a series of interviews with Mahfouz over the last ten years. He concludes that western scholars and politicians conceal the realities of daily life in Egypt, which Mahfouz reveals.

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Critical Perspectives on Naguib Mahfouz more books like this

by Trevor Le Gassick

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The Early Novels of Naguib Mahfouz: Images of Modern Egypt more books like this

by Matti Moosa

Until he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988, little was known in the West about the life and literary accomplishment of Naguib Mahfouz, an Egpytian and the first Arab to receive the award. His writing, examined by Matti Moosa in its original Arabic, thereafter became widely available and widely scrutinized. Moosa introduces Mahfouz and his ...

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The Changing Rhythm. A Study of Najib Mahfuz's Novels more books like this

by Sasson Somekh

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Naguib Mahfouz: Egypt's Nobel Laureate more books like this

by Rasheed El-Enany

Naguib Mahfouz, the Arab world's celebrated Nobel laureate for literature, died in Cairo on 30 August 2006. He was 94 years old and had been in frail health since an assassination attempt in 1994, which left him almost unable to write. Prior to the award of the Nobel Prize in 1988, nine Mahfouz novels had been published in English and, as the ...

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The Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz more books like this

by Britta Le Va, Naguib Mahfouz (Foreword by), Gamal Al-Ghitani (Text by)

For Mahfouz, Cairo has always been a place of special resonance, a city he loves and has revisited in his writings. Britta Le Va guides us through his pages and treads his streets to produce a collection of visual images of the city. In his introduction, novelist Gamal al-Ghitani describes his walking tour with the great man around the streets of ...

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Echoes of Autobiography more books like this

by Nuala O'Neill, Nuala O'Nneill

This is a collection of autobiographical reflections from the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature. The author considers the perplexities of existence, including his preoccupations with old age, death and life's transitory nature. A number of passages are devoted to the aphoristic sayings of Sufi literature, a unique contribution of Islam ...

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Religion, my own : the literary works of Najib Mahfuz more books like this

by Matityahu Peled

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Najib Mahfuz: The Novelist-Philosopher of Cairo more books like this

by Menahem Milson

Najib Mahfuz is Egypt's best known novelist. In 1988 he became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize, and he is now internationally famous. This book which provides a detailed analysis of Mahfuz's major works ( "The Cairo Trilogy," "The Thief and the Dogs," "Children of Gebelawi" ) is intended for both the specialist and the general reader.

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The world of Naguib Mahfouz more books like this

by Younes A. El-Batrik, Egyptian Education Bureau

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El Mundo de Naguib Mahfuz more books like this

by Instituto Egipcio de Estudios Isl Amicos

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