Adrift on the Nile - Softcover

Mahfouz, Naguib

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385404735 ISBN 13: 9780385404730

Publisher: Doubleday Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

A novel, first published in Arabic in 1966, by the 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. A group of disaffected middle-class Cairenes venture out for a drive which sets off a chain of events that destroys their easy camaraderie and exposes the frailty of human relationships.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In the late 1960's a group of friends meet night after night on a house-boat moored along the banks of the Nile to escape the seriousness overtaking their country. But one night, art and reality collide--with unforeseen consequences. At once thrilling and serious, Adrift On The Nile is a tale that exposes the crisis of man--and artist--in modern times.

About the Author:

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. 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 the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0385404735
• ISBN 13: 9780385404730
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176