{"product_id":"the-naguib-mahfouz-reader-denys-johnson-davies-9789774167591","title":"The Naguib Mahfouz Reader","description":"Naguib 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 Cairo Trilogy 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.\" Here 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 Denys Johnson-Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9774167597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789774167591\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 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Denys Johnson-Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941376622847,"sku":"9789774167591","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b276e412-7402-4de5-bbf1-036209e627ad.jpg?v=1681452565","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-naguib-mahfouz-reader-denys-johnson-davies-9789774167591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}