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The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.

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Who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind * New York Times *
The earliest novels are set in the Pharaonic milieu of ancient Egypt. But here already there are side-long glances at today's society. * Swedish Academy *

Mahfouz Trilogy Three Novels of Ancient Egypt

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    Publisher: Everyman
    Publication Date: 05/04/2007
    ISBN13: 9781841593050, 978-1841593050
    ISBN10: 1841593052
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.

    Trade Review
    Who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind * New York Times *
    The earliest novels are set in the Pharaonic milieu of ancient Egypt. But here already there are side-long glances at today's society. * Swedish Academy *

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