Rhadopis of Nubia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Mahfouz, Naguib

Rhadopis of Nubia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400076680)

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Rhadopis of Nubia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Mahfouz, Naguib

Rhadopis of Nubia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt

$18.00
Rhadopis of Nubia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Mahfouz, Naguib

Rhadopis of Nubia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz mines the riches of his homeland's ancient past in Rhadopis of Nubia, an unforgettable love story set against the high politics of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty.

While the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis is bathing, a falcon lifts one of her golden sandals and drops it into the lap of the Pharaoh Merenra II. Upon hearing Rhadopis described as "beauty itself," the young pharaoh decides to return Rhadopis's sandal himself. When the two meet, they are immediately seized by a passion far stronger than their ability to resist. Thus begins a love affair that makes them the envy of Egyptian society. But blinded by their love and the extravagant attentions they lavish on each other, they ignore the growing resentment of the world around them in this extraordinary tale of star-crossed love.

Author: Naguib Mahfouz
ISBN-10: 1400076684
ISBN-13: 9781400076680
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2005
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.50w x 0.64d
By Naguib Mahfouz
By Naguib Mahfouz
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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.

Anthony Calderbank is the translator of Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim and two novels by Miral al-Tahawy, The Tent and Blue Aubergine.

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