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Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)

Author of Palace Walk

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About the Author

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo, Egypt on December 11, 1911. He received a degree in philosophy from the University of Cairo. He took on several civil service and government department jobs to supplement his income while writing, but retired from that career in 1971. During his lifetime, he wrote show more more than 30 novels including The Games of Fate, The Cairo Trilogy, Children of Gebelawi, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, Small Talk on the Nile, and Miramar. He received numerous awards including the Egyptian State Prize, the Presidential Medal from the American University in Cairo, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. He died as a result of a head injury on August 30, 2006 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Naguib Mahfouz

Palace Walk (1956) 2,776 copies
Midaq Alley (1947) 1,437 copies
Palace of Desire (1957) 1,394 copies
Sugar Street (1992) 1,172 copies
Fountain and Tomb (1959) 945 copies
Arabian Nights and Days (1995) 787 copies
Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth (1985) 554 copies
Miramar (1967) 506 copies
The Thief and the Dogs (1961) 473 copies
The Harafish (1977) 405 copies
The Beginning and the End (1949) 302 copies
Adrift on the Nile (1966) 301 copies
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma (1989) 286 copies
Khufu's Wisdom (1939) 188 copies
Karnak Café (1974) 187 copies
Rhadopis of Nubia (1943) 178 copies
Thebes at War (1944) 174 copies
Wedding Song (1981) 166 copies
The Beggar (1965) 158 copies
Cairo Modern (1945) 156 copies
The Search (1987) 155 copies
Respected Sir (1975) 150 copies
Autumn Quail (1962) 120 copies
Voices from the Other World (2002) 106 copies
The Dreams (2004) 91 copies
Morning and Evening Talk (1987) 89 copies
The Seventh Heaven (2005) 84 copies
Echoes of an Autobiography (1994) 76 copies
Before the Throne (1983) 71 copies
The Mirage (1948) 68 copies
Khan al-Khalili (1946) 68 copies
Mirrors (1977) 63 copies
The Tavern of the Black Cat (1969) 49 copies
The Quarter: Stories (2018) 47 copies
De moskee in de steeg (1978) 42 copies
Heart of the Night (1975) — Author — 41 copies
Love in the Rain (1979) 37 copies
Cuentos ciertos e inciertos (1988) 28 copies
Cairo (1994) 21 copies
Matin de roses (1987) 14 copies
Mijn Egypte (1996) 12 copies
La esposa deseada (2000) 6 copies
Die segensreiche Nacht (1994) 5 copies
La ausencia 1964 (1990) 4 copies
Kifah Tybah 1944 (2006) 4 copies
الجريمة 3 copies
Saray Gezisi (2008) 3 copies
Liss wa-al-Kilab (2006) 3 copies
Liv og skæbne i Cairo (1989) 3 copies
Sorl över Nilen (1988) 3 copies
Hirsiz ve Kopekler (2014) 2 copies
Cuentos Para Contar (1989) 2 copies
Os Filhos do Nosso Bairro (2010) 2 copies
Kahe palee vahel (2019) 2 copies
Chan al-Chalili (2015) 2 copies
Ezilenler (2013) 2 copies
Veladas del Nilo (1989) 2 copies
Dialogadas 1967-1971 (1989) 2 copies
Samarcanda 1 copy
Shaytan Yaiz (2006) 1 copy
Yagmurda Ask (2015) 1 copy
Guz Yilginligi (2013) 1 copy
Złodziej i psy (2007) 1 copy
Das Buch der Träume (2009) 1 copy
Miramar 1 copy
Sokaktakiler 1 copy
همس النجوم (2018) 1 copy
السراب 1 copy
Karnak Café 1 copy
Tahta al-Mizallah (2006) 1 copy
السراب 1 copy
Mayara 1972 (2006) 1 copy
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[No title] 1 copy
Midaqgyden (1990) 1 copy
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Final Hour 1 copy
Ṣad ̀nisy an (1999) 1 copy
Gida (1383) 1 copy
Sabaa al-Ward (2006) 1 copy
Autunno egiziano (2009) 1 copy
Saga o bednicima (1989) 1 copy
Srce noci (2016) 1 copy
Arayış (2012) 1 copy
Zamanın hükmü (2012) 1 copy
Şeker sokağı (2008) 1 copy
Midaqgyden (2009) 1 copy
עוד שעה אחת (2021) 1 copy
قشتمر 1 copy

Associated Works

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (2006) — Contributor — 757 copies
Murder & Other Acts of Literature (1997) — Contributor — 147 copies
The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction (2006) — Contributor — 102 copies
Modern Arabic Short Stories (1967) — Contributor — 43 copies
Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World (2000) — Contributor — 27 copies
Egyptian Short Stories (1978) — Contributor — 24 copies
One World of Literature (1992) — Contributor — 24 copies
African Literature: an anthology of criticism and theory (2007) — Contributor — 23 copies
Nobel Writers on Writing (2000) — Contributor — 14 copies

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Group Read: The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz in Reading Globally (August 2012)
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Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz in Reading Globally (July 2012)

Reviews

While a very good story, I found the older, formal style not to my taste. Although, perhaps, appropriate to a novel of ancient Egypt?
 
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AnkaraLibrary | 58 other reviews | Feb 23, 2024 |
The cover blurb described this as "disturbing", which was a masterful understatement. I made it better than halfway (no page numbering) but after numerous rapes, murders, suicides and executions I couldn't take any more. All of the foregoing initiated by djinn - this book should've been subtitles "Jinn Gone Wild". Dreaming of genies here was a real nightmare. The writing (and translation) was very good, and I suspect I may have missed some underlying social commentary due to a lack of familiarity, but honestly, this just ain't my cup of tea.… (more)
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dhaxton | 12 other reviews | Feb 13, 2024 |
ثرثرة فوق النيل هو كتاب من تأليف الكاتب المصري والحائز على جائزة نوبل نجيب محفوظ. تم تأليف الكتاب عام 1966، وعام 1971 تم إنتاج فيلم بنفس الاسم. تعرض محفوظ لغضب من مجلس قيادة الثورة في عهد الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر. الرواية تحكي أفكار المثقفين وواقعهم، وتعطي لنا نماذج لأدلجاتهم التي عاشوها ردحًا من الزمن، وهي جامعة بين النقد السلبي والإيجابي؛ بين محاولة ترميم حالتهم التي تهدمت وإظهار سلطتهم التي يتمتعون بها على السياسي والمجتمع.[1]
المصدر: ويكيبيديا
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