The Cairo trilogy
(Book)
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Contributors
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2001.
ISBN
0375413316, 9780375413315
Physical Description
xliii, 1,313 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cudahy - Adult Fiction | F | Check Shelves |
| Franklin - Adult Fiction | F MAHFOU | Check Shelves |
| Wauwatosa - Adult Fiction | FIC MAHFUZ, NAJIB | Check Shelves |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2001.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0375413316, 9780375413315
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiv-xxv).
Description
"Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy of colonial Egypt is the story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century. The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons - the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. Sugar Street brings Mahfouz's vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. Throughout the trilogy, the family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries"--Jacket.
Language
Three novels translated from the Arabic (Egypt).
Subjects
Subjects Covered by the Work
Arabic fiction -- Egypt -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
Cairo (Egypt) -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Egypt -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Women -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Egypt -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Women -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2001). The Cairo trilogy . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Najīb Maḥfūẓ et al.. 2001. The Cairo Trilogy. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Najīb Maḥfūẓ et al.. The Cairo Trilogy Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, William M. Hutchins, Ṣabrī Ḥāfiẓ, and Najīb Maḥfūẓ. The Cairo Trilogy Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
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