Sugar Street - From the Nobel Prizewinning author (Paperback, New Ed)

This is the third part of 'The Cairo Trilogy', by the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. It is an Egyptian family saga featuring the bullying, pompous patriach Al-Sayyid Ahmed and his long-suffering family. This book takes the family into the middle of the 20th century. (Kirkus UK)

THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR. 'A masterpiece' - The Times 'The Arab Tolstoy' - Simon Sebag Montefiore Sugar Street, the climactic final book in the classic Cairo Trilogy, is the captivating story of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt. As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes. But through Ahamd's three grandsons we see modern how Egypt takes shape. One grandson is a communist activist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, both working for what they believe will be a better world. And Ridwan, the inheritor of his father's charms, launches a political career aided by a homosexual affair with prominent politician. A vivid portrait of a family and a country in a time of upheaval, the Cairo Trilogy is the greatest and best loved work by the 20th century's most important Arab novelist.

General

Imprint:	Black Swan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cairo Trilogy
Release date:	August 1994
Authors:	Naguib Mahfouz
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	308
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-552-99582-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-552-99582-7
Barcode:	9780552995825

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