Voices from the Other World
Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
ISBN: 9781400076666
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Sep 2004
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback / softback
From a modern master, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's five ancient Egyptian tales, written during the early phase of his career and translated into English for the first time. First time in paperback.
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homeland's majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times.
From the Predynastic Period, where a cabal of entrenched rulers banish virtue in jealous defense of their status, to the Fifth Dynasty, where a Pharaoh returns from an extended leave to find that only his dog has remained loyal, to the twentieth century, where a mummy from the Eighteenth Dynasty awakens in fury to reproach a modern Egyptian nobleman for his arrogance, these five stories conduct timeless truths over the course of thousands of years. Summoning the power and mystery of a legendary civilization, they examplify the artistry that has made Mahfouz among the most revered writers in world literature.
Translated by Raymond Stock
ISBN: 9781400076666
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Sep 2004
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback / softback
From a modern master, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's five ancient Egyptian tales, written during the early phase of his career and translated into English for the first time. First time in paperback.
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homeland's majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times.
From the Predynastic Period, where a cabal of entrenched rulers banish virtue in jealous defense of their status, to the Fifth Dynasty, where a Pharaoh returns from an extended leave to find that only his dog has remained loyal, to the twentieth century, where a mummy from the Eighteenth Dynasty awakens in fury to reproach a modern Egyptian nobleman for his arrogance, these five stories conduct timeless truths over the course of thousands of years. Summoning the power and mystery of a legendary civilization, they examplify the artistry that has made Mahfouz among the most revered writers in world literature.
Translated by Raymond Stock
