Palace of desire : the Cairo trilogy II

Overview: NAGUIB MAHFOUZ (1911-2006) was an Egyptian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1988 he became the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. The prize citation praised Mahfouz "who, through works rich in nuance—now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous—has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind." Continuing The Story Of Al-sayyid Ahmad And His Family, This Is A Fascinating Look At Egypt In The 1920s. Increased Personal Freedoms Mix Tenuously With Traditions Of Family Control, As Two Of Ahmad's Sons Court Alluring Women. Sequel To Palace Walk And Second Story In The Cairo Trilogy. Naguib Mahfouz ; Translated By William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny, Olive E. Kenny. Translation Of: Qaṣr Al-shawq. The second part of "The Cairo Trilogy" by the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. It is a true-life Egyptian family saga featuring the bullying, pompous, belching, self-adoring patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmed and his long-suffering family in domestic turmoil, with feuding in-laws. Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad closed the door behind him and crossed the courtyard of his house by the pale light of the stars.