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Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time. The Nobel Prize—winning writer's masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britain's occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth century.
The novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons–the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. Sugar Street brings Mahfouz's vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician.
Throughout the trilogy, the family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, The Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller.
This long-awaited sequel to the classic, "The Genesis of Arabic
Narrative Discourse (Saqi)", investigates a number of crucial
questions related to the genre's development. Why did the Arabic
short story take certain trajectories and what determined its path?
Can the study of this genre provide us with wider insights into the
culture as a whole? How have writers in one Arab country influenced
those in others? These are just some of the issues addressed
through close reading of authors such as Taha Husain, Yusuf Idris,
'Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi, Edwar al-Kharrat and Jamal al-Ghitani,
among many others. 'Quest for Identities' has been selected by
Choice (Current Reviews for Academic Libraries) in the U.S.A. to
appear on their annual Outstanding Academic Title list for 2009.
Announced in the January 2010 edition of Choice.
This reader consists of the full Arabic text of 11 carefully chosen
and very readable short stories by established Egyptian, Iraqi,
Syrian and Jordanian writers. The earliest story, written in 1929,
is by the Egyptian Mahmud Tahir Lashin; the most recent by the
Iraqi writer, Fuad al-Takarli, written in 1972. Each story has an
introduction, in English, with biographical information about the
author, placing him in his literary context, a description of the
contents and a brief analysis of the story itself. In addition,
each story is accompanied by a critical literary analysis. The aim
of this collection is to encourage a literary appreciation of
modern Arabic texts, and an understanding of some of the cultural
conflicts reflected in the writings. This title includes writers
such as Yusuf Idris, Idwar El Kharrat, Yahya Haqqi, Zakariyya Tamir
and Ghalib Halasa. It is ideal for students of Arabic language and
literature
The world is growing smaller every day. In today's increasingly
global culture, we all need to become familiar with other
traditions, and literature provides an exciting and enjoyable mode
of entry into the variety of the world's cultures. Exciting, but
also challenging: works from distant times and places expose us to
unfamiliar names, customs, beliefs, and literary forms. "The
Longman Anthology "is designed to open up the horizons of world
literature, placing major works within their cultural contexts and
fostering connections and conversations between eras as well as
regions. Engaging introductions, regional maps, pronunciation
guides, and a wealth of illustrations inform and enrich the
experience of reading the compelling works included here, opening
out a fresh and diverse range of the world's great literature. In
the second edition of "The Longman Anthology": Major works are
included from around the world: Many are given in their entirety,
from "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and Homer's "Odyssey" to Dante's
"Inferno," Moliere's "Tartuffe," Chikamatsu's "Love Suicides at
Amijima," and Achebe's "Things Fall Apart," We also include
extensive selections from such great works as "The Aeneid," "The
Tale of Genji," "The Thousand and One Nights, "and" Don Quixote,"
Perspectives sections group together works around major literary
and cultural issues. These sections are now followed by
Crosscurrents, which highlight additional connections for you to
explore. Often presented as thought questions, these prompts could
provide you with the essay topic for your next paper. New
Translation units willhelp you to understand the key role of
translation in the life of world literature. Passages in
theoriginal language are accompanied by two or three translations
that show how differently translators can choose to convey the
original in expressive new ways. You will enjoy finding new meaning
in the original work as you trace the ways literature evolves for
generations of readers. An enhanced Companion Website gives you the
opportunity to take practice quizzes, explore an interactive
timeline, review literary terms, listen to an audio glossary that
provides pronunciations of unfamiliar names, and listen to audio
recordings of the passages given in our Translationsections.
Through all these means, "The Longman Anthology" will support and
enrich your experience as you explore the many worlds of world
literature.
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