{"product_id":"the-naguib-mahfouz-reader-9789774167591","title":"The Naguib Mahfouz Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz | Denys Johnson-Davies\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA selection of the most important works of Egypt's Nobel literature laureate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, wrote prolifically from the 1930s until shortly before his death in 2006, in a variety of genres: novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, a regular weekly newspaper column, and in later life his intensely brief and evocative \u003cem\u003eDreams\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis \u003cem\u003eCairo Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e achieved the status of a world classic, and the Swedish Academy of Letters in awarding him the 1988 Nobel prize for literature noted that Mahfouz \"through works rich in nuance--now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous--has formed an Arabic narrative art that applies to all mankind.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere Denys Johnson-Davies, described by Edward Said as \"the leading Arabic-English translator of our time,\" makes an essential selection of short stories and extracts from novels and other writings, to present a cross-section through time of the very best of the work of Egypt's Nobel literature laureate.","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969490993303,"sku":"9789774167591","price":1524.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789774167591.webp?v=1782922078","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-naguib-mahfouz-reader-9789774167591","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}