Overview: Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: ΩΨ¬ΩΨ¨ Ω ΨΩΩΨΈβ NagΔ«b MaαΈ₯fΕ«αΊ, IPA: [nΓ¦ΛΙ‘iΛb mΙΔ§ΛfuΛzΛ€]; 11 December 1911 β 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to ex
Voices from the Other World
β Scribed by Mahfouz, Naguib
- Book ID
- 110498285
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307430076
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β¦ Synopsis
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homeland's majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times.
From the Predynastic Period, where a cabal of entrenched rulers banish virtue in jealous defense of their status, to the Fifth Dynasty, where a Pharaoh returns from an extended leave to find that only his dog has remained loyal, to the twentieth century, where a mummy from the Eighteenth Dynasty awakens in fury to reproach a modern Egyptian nobleman for his arrogance, these five stories conduct timeless truths over the course of thousands of years. Summoning the power and mystery of a legendary civilization, they examplify the artistry that has made Mahfouz among the most revered writers in world literature.
Translated by Raymond Stock
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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