For Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Cairo has always been a place of
special resonance. As the place in which he was born and has lived
his whole life, it is a city he loves passionately and has visited
and revisited in his writing. It is the setting for nearly all his
novels and short stories, not merely as a backdrop but as an
integral part of his fiction, playing its own role in the dramas.
The old streets of the Cairo Trilogy and the microcosmic cul-de-sac
of Midaq Alley become fictional characters as fascinating as the
human ones for Naguib Mahfouz. A longtime admirer of the novels of
Naguib Mahfouz, photographer Britta Le Va discovered old Cairo
through his works. Here, she guides us through his pages, and
treads his streets and alleys, to produce a collection of
outstanding visual images of the historic city. Each complements a
verbal image selected from Mahfouz's writings. In his introduction,
novelist Gamal al-Ghitani describes a walking tour with the great
man around the streets of Gamaliya, that historic heart of the old
city where both of them--more than thirty years apart--were born
and grew up. Along the way, Mahfouz reminisces and remarks on what
had changed and what had not in eight decades.
General
Imprint: |
The American University In Cairo Press
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Country of origin: |
Egypt |
Release date: |
July 2012 |
First published: |
September 2012 |
Photographers: |
Britta Le Va
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Authors: |
Gamal al-Ghitani
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Foreword by: |
Naguib Mahfouz
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Dimensions: |
219 x 217 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
112 |
ISBN-13: |
978-977-416-552-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
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LSN: |
977-416-552-7 |
Barcode: |
9789774165528 |
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