New York, NY Doubleday: Anchor Books, 1991. Paperback First Edition Thus (1991), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1991), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows a hint of wear to the corner tips; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging. The price has been blocked out at the rear panel with a black marker pen; else flawless; the binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor imperfections only. Bright and Clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6 x 1.2 inches). 498 pages. Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Olive E Kenny. Language: English. Weight: 22.5 ounces. Trade Paperback. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Book One of the Cairo Trilogy. Naguib Mahfouz's wonderful novel Palace Walk was originally published in Arabic in 1956, and not translated to English until 1990. This is the story of Al-Sayyid Ahmad, a shopkeeper in Cairo during and after World War I, his wife, Amina, and the lives and courtships of their several children. The novel offers profound insight into a different culture and religion. Al-Sayyid has a dual personality -- petty tyrant at home, with his wife and children; bon vivant and man-about-town with his friends. Because of the harsh sexual segregation in his traditional Arab home, his wife is none the wiser, but his older sons learn of first hand then come to emulate their father's lifestyle. Although the subject matter is "small" -- a middle-class family's domestic issues -- this is unquestionably a "big" book, raising issues of religion, class, gender, and integrity. Mahfouz is a truly gifted writer, and conveys his characters with humor, insight, clarity and compassion.

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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 became the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 57102
Title: Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy, Volume One).
Author: Naguib Mahfouz
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus (1991), First Printing indicated by a complet
ISBN 10: 0385264666
ISBN 13: 9780385264662
Publisher: Doubleday: Anchor Books,
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1991.
Bookseller catalogs: Literature: World; Authors K-P; Fiction: Collectible Paperbacks; Modern Fiction First Editions;

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