The Beggar - Softcover

Mahfouz, Naguib

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385264569 ISBN 13: 9780385264563

Publisher: Anchor, 1990

Synopsis

A complex tale of alienation and despair. Unable  to achieve psychological renewal in the aftermath  of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work  and family to a series of illicit love affairs  that intensify his feelings of estrangement. A  passionate outcry against irrelevance.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Arabic (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0385264569
• ISBN 13: 9780385264563
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140