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Naguib Mahfouz : his life and times / Rasheed El-Enany.
Publication details: Cairo, Egypt : The American Unviersity in Cairo Press, 2007.Description: viii, 194 p.: ill.; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789774161285 (hbk.):
- Life and times of naguib mahfouz
- PJ7846 .A46 Z597 2007
Contents:
Summary: In this first biography of Naguib Mahfouz in English, Rasheed El-Enany looks at the life of the man and the work of the writer, and assesses the oeuvre and legacy of a towering figure in the Egyptian and Arab literary world who was able to reach far beyond his own linguistic and cultural boundaries ti an admiring readership across the globe._BOOK JACKET.
The writer, the time and the place -- Naguib Mahfouz and ancient Egypt -- Naguib Mahfouz and modern Egypt: realistic novels before The Cairo Trilogy -- The Cairo Trilogy and other Egyptian Sagas -- Naguib Mahfouz, Nasser's Egypt and God -- A form of my own: the episodic novels -- Little pieces of clay: the novelist as short story writer and dramatist -- Remembrance of things past and dreams of death and the hereafter.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PJ 7846 .A46 Z597 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 49994 |
Includes bibliographical references (p.157-168) and index.
The writer, the time and the place -- Naguib Mahfouz and ancient Egypt -- Naguib Mahfouz and modern Egypt: realistic novels before The Cairo Trilogy -- The Cairo Trilogy and other Egyptian Sagas -- Naguib Mahfouz, Nasser's Egypt and God -- A form of my own: the episodic novels -- Little pieces of clay: the novelist as short story writer and dramatist -- Remembrance of things past and dreams of death and the hereafter.
In this first biography of Naguib Mahfouz in English, Rasheed El-Enany looks at the life of the man and the work of the writer, and assesses the oeuvre and legacy of a towering figure in the Egyptian and Arab literary world who was able to reach far beyond his own linguistic and cultural boundaries ti an admiring readership across the globe._BOOK JACKET.
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