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In the Time of Love
Naguib Mahfouz
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Description for In the Time of Love
Hardback. One of the Nobel laureate's most intriguing novels, available for the first time in English Translator(s): Heikkinen, Kay. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Love—who can count its varieties, measure its force, uncover the masks it wears, or predict how it binds and divides? In this spare novel, master storyteller Naguib Mahfouz gives us some of his most memorable characters, widely familiar to Egyptians from the film version of the book: Sitt Ain, with her large house, her garden, her cats, and her familiar umbrella, strong and active, mother of the neighborhood; her son Izzat, so different from her, emotional and unsure of his way; and the friends of his childhood, Sayyida, Hamdoun, and Badriya, all their lives entangled and shaped over many years ... Read more
Love—who can count its varieties, measure its force, uncover the masks it wears, or predict how it binds and divides? In this spare novel, master storyteller Naguib Mahfouz gives us some of his most memorable characters, widely familiar to Egyptians from the film version of the book: Sitt Ain, with her large house, her garden, her cats, and her familiar umbrella, strong and active, mother of the neighborhood; her son Izzat, so different from her, emotional and unsure of his way; and the friends of his childhood, Sayyida, Hamdoun, and Badriya, all their lives entangled and shaped over many years ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774163869
SKU
V9789774163869
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About Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) was born in the crowded Cairo district of Gamaliya. He wrote nearly 40 novel-length works, plus hundreds of short stories and numerous screenplays. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Kay Heikkinen is a translator and academic who holds a PhD from Harvard University. She was previously Ibn Rushd Lecturer of Arabic at ... Read more
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