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Old, ill, and comforted only by his memories, patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad watches as his grandsons become respectively a communist, a Muslim fundamentalist, and the paramour of a high-ranking politician. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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- Al-sayyid Ahmad
- Bergson
- Ahmad Ibrahim Shawkat
- Aisha
- Husayn Shaddad
- Muhammad Iffat
- Aida
- Umm Hanafi
- Karima
- Naguib Mahfou
- Amina
- Riyad Qaldas
- Zanuba
- Wald
- Ali Mihran
- Maryam
- Mr. Ad Li Karim
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- Fahmy
- Hilmi
- Ahmad Abd Al-jawad
- Latif
- Naguib Mahfolq
- Mr. Forster
- Ahmad Abduh
- Darwish
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Their heads were huddled around the brazier, and their hands were spread over its fire: Amina's thin and gaunt, Aisha's stiff, and Umm Hanafi's like the shell of a turtle.
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This is book 3 of 3 in Cairo Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by Palace of Desire.
This book is in Arabic books. (community list)
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- Naguib Mahfouz (Author)
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- William Maynard Hutchins (Translator)
- Angele Botros Samaan (Translator)
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Original Language: Arabic
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- Dewey: 892.736
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