内容简介
A stunning novel by the widest-read Arab writer currently
published in the U.S. The age of Nasser has ushered in enormous
social change, and most of the middle-aged and middle-class sons
and daughters of the old bourgeoisie find themselves trying to
recreate the cozy, enchanted world they so dearly miss. One night,
however, art and reality collide--with unforeseen
circumstances.
作者简介
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing
when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader,
his works range from reimaginings of ancient myths to subtle
commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Over a
career that lasted more than five decades, he wrote 33 novels, 13
short story anthologies, numerous plays, and 30 screenplays. Of his
many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of
Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and
Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through
three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was awarded
the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first writer in Arabic to do so.
He died in August 2006.