Echoes of an Autobiography
by Naguib Mahfouz Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer
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- 0385408390
- ISBN 13
- 9780385408394
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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.
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- Alexander's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 089599
- Title
- Echoes of an Autobiography
- Author
- Naguib Mahfouz Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385408390
- ISBN 13
- 9780385408394
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 142
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼
- Keywords
- Echoes of an Autobiography; Naguib Mahfouz Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies; Foreword by Nadine Gordimer Indic
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- 800 g
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