Novels. (English.) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the subjects of Novels. (English.) 2 weeks ago.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Middle Eastern > Arabic
• Added the subject: Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Literary
• Added the subject: Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to change the contributors of Novels. (English.) Thursday, December 31 2009.

• Added a contributor: Naguib Mahfouz: (Primary Author)

Pequeño saltamontes edited the contributors of Novels. (English.) Monday, December 28 2009.

• Added a contributor: Naguib Mahfouz: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the description of Novels. (English.) Thursday, September 10 2009.

• A new volume of three novels–previously published separately by Anchor–by Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Together with The Beggar, The Thief and The Dogs, and Autumn Quail (published by Anchor in December 2000), these novels represent a comprehensive collection of Mahfouz’s artful meditations on post-revolution Egypt. Diverse in style and narrative technique, they render a nuanced and universally resonant vision of modern life in the Middle East. Respected Sir , “a latter-day Bleak House in Arabic” ( The New York Times ), revisits a familiar theme–vaulting ambition–in a powerful and religious metaphor. Wedding Song , “one of Mahfouz’s most enjoyable works” ( The Chicago Tribune ), is a psychological drama, focusing on how four very different kinds of minds apprehend and reckon with the realities that surround them. The Search is a powerful, lurid, and compelling story of lust, greed, and murder.