内容简介
Known and loved throughout Egypt as a work that celebrates the
national character, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s Thebes at War
tells of a high point in Egyptian history–ancient Egypt’s defeat of
Asiatic foreigners who had dominated northern Egypt for two hundred
years.
With a visit from a court official and a provocative insult, the
southern pharaoh’s long simmering resentment boils over, leading
him to commit himself and his heirs to an epic struggle for the
throne. Filled with the grand clash of armies, staggering defeats,
daring escapes, and glorious victories, and written at a time when
Egypt was again under the sway of foreign powers, Thebes at War is
a resounding call to remember Egypt’s long and noble history.