Palace Walk
Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
ISBN: 9780552995801
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 1994
Pages: 512
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 33mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
"The first volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy."
"A sweeping and evocative portrait of both a family and a country struggling to move toward independence in a society that has resisted change for centuries. Set against the backdrop of Britain's occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I, Palace Walk introduces us to the Al Jawad family. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will."
ISBN: 9780552995801
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 1994
Pages: 512
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 33mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
"The first volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy."
"A sweeping and evocative portrait of both a family and a country struggling to move toward independence in a society that has resisted change for centuries. Set against the backdrop of Britain's occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I, Palace Walk introduces us to the Al Jawad family. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will."
