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The Essential Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz
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Hardback. Naguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, wrote prolifically from the 1930s until shortly before his death in 2006. Here Denys Johnson-Davies makes an essential selection of short stories and extracts from novels and other writings, to present Mahfouz's best writing in all genres. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Naguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, wrote prolifically from the 1930s until shortly before his death in 2006, in a variety of genres: novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, a regular weekly newspaper column, and in later life his intensely brief and evocative Dreams. His Cairo Trilogy achieved the status of a world classic, and the Swedish Academy of Letters in awarding him the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature noted that Mahfouz through works rich in nuance-now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous-has formed an Arabic narrative art that ... Read more
Naguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, wrote prolifically from the 1930s until shortly before his death in 2006, in a variety of genres: novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, a regular weekly newspaper column, and in later life his intensely brief and evocative Dreams. His Cairo Trilogy achieved the status of a world classic, and the Swedish Academy of Letters in awarding him the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature noted that Mahfouz through works rich in nuance-now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous-has formed an Arabic narrative art that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774163876
SKU
V9789774163876
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About Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006). 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. Denys Johnson-Davies has produced more than thirty volumes of translation of modern Arabic literature, including The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim (AUC Press, 2008) and The Essential Yusuf Idris (AUC Press, 2009). He received ... Read more
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