{"product_id":"the-cairo-trilogy-palace-walk-palace-of-desire-sugar-street-introduction-by-sabry-hafez-hardcover","title":"The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street; Introduction by Sabry Hafez - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaguib Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Maynard\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSabry Hafez\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt--\u003ci\u003ePalace Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePalace of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e--together for the first time in one beautiful hardcover volume. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The masterwork of the Nobel Prize-winning author, the three novels of \u003cb\u003eThe Cairo Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalace Walk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons-the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalace of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e brings Mahfouz's vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout the trilogy, the family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, \"\u003ci\u003eThe Cairo Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e extends our knowledge of life; it also confirms it\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize--winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003eThe novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. \"Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons-the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in \"Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. \"Sugar Street brings Mahfouz's vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. \u003cbr\u003eThroughout the trilogy, the family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, The Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of \u003ci\u003ePalace Walk\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003ePalace of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), and \u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755625972000,"sku":"9780375413315","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e595a54caa206575fb8dcfb022edc0ce.webp?v=1780063956","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-cairo-trilogy-palace-walk-palace-of-desire-sugar-street-introduction-by-sabry-hafez-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}