VOICES FROM THE OTHER WORLD(ISBN=9781400076666)

　　“Mahfouz is the single most important writer in modern Arabic literature.” —Newsday
　　“The incredible variety of Mahfouz’s writings continues to dazzle our eyes.” —The Washington Post
　　“Mahfouz’s characters blaze with intensity, his Egypt pulsates with unresolved tensions.” —The Atlanta Constitution

　　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.

　　Naguib Mahfouz is the most prominent author of Arabic fiction today. He was born in 1911 in Cairo and began writing at the age of seventeen. His first novel was published in 1939. Since then he has written nearly forty novel-length works and hundreds of short stories. In 1988 Mr. Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He lives in the Cairo suburb of Agouza with his wife and two daughters.

Chronology of Ancient Egypt
Translator's Introduction
Evil Adored
King Userkaf's Forgiveness
The Mummy Awakens
The Return of Sinuhe
A Voice from the Other World
Glossary