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Description edit
In paperback for the first time, Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's bestselling Palace of Desire will be published to coincide with Doubleday's publication of Sugar Street, the third and final volume of the Cairo Trilogy.
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Characters/People edit
- Kamal: The youngest son of Al-sayyid Ahmad. He in the teachers school and wishes to become a philosopher/writer.
- Mr. Yasin: The oldest son of Al-sayyid Ahmad. He jumps from relationship to relationship while changing wives a couple of times.
- Husayn Shaddad: Best friend of Kamal
- Al-sayyid Ahmad: The father of Yasin and Kamal. Happy, kind, funny, generous to his friends. A tyrant to his family. We get to see and slowly understand the two sides.
- Khadija: Add a description of this character.
- Maryam
- Muhammad Iffat
- Aida
- Hasan Salim
- Naguib Mahfour
- Fahmy
- Aisha
- Khalil Shawkat
- Ibrahim Al-far
- Amina
- Zubayda
- Zanuba
- Ibrahim Shawkat
- Adam
- Mama
- Zaghlul
- Umm Hanafi
- Papa
- Uthman
- Shaykh Mutawalli
- Al-sayyld Ahmad
- Fuad
- Ridwan
- Shaddad Bey
- Ahmad Abd
- Munira
- Darwin
- Latif
- Rose
- Naguib Mahfolq
- Salim Bey Sabry
Setting & Locations edit
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Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad closed the door behind him and crossed the courtyard of his house by the pale light of the stars.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Cairo Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by Palace Walk, and followed by Sugar Street.
This book is in Arabic books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Naguib Mahfouz (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Arabic
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Egypt
Publication Date: 1957
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Egypt
Publication Date: 1957
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 448
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- Dewey: 892.736
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