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Book SynopsisA 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 co
