{"product_id":"the-essential-naguib-mahfouz-denys-johnson-davies-9789774163876","title":"The Essential Naguib Mahfouz: Novels, Short Stories, Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA carefully curated selection of the most important works of Egypt's Nobel literature laureate in a single volume\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 Dreams. His \u003ci\u003eCairo Trilogy\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naguib Mahfouz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9774163877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789774163876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American University in Cairo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d","brand":"Naguib Mahfouz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130671591679,"sku":"9789774163876","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b0450fc-8cac-4fb3-8d99-53e8ae77b318.jpg?v=1687470654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essential-naguib-mahfouz-denys-johnson-davies-9789774163876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}