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He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of arabic literature, along with tawfiq elhakim, to explore themes of existentialism. Khufus wisdom, rhadopis of nubia, thebes at war everymans library by mahfouz, naguib and a great selection of related books, art. Existential themes in his writings, is an illustration, almost caricaturelike, of the continuation of colonialist discourse in the last decade of the twentiethcentury. He produced dozens of novels and frequent journalism for the cairo newspapers, he was once stabbed by. The three books take us through the history of cairo through the period from 1919 to the. The nobel prizewinning mahfouz is bestknown for his novels of modern, islamic cairo.
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From the winner of the nobel prize for literature and author of the cairo trilogy, comes akhenaten, a fascinating work of fiction about the most infamous pharaoh of ancient egypt. Naguib mahfouz was born in cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. Three novels of ancient egypt by naguib mahfouz abebooks. Neglected in the west, modern arabic literature achieved international recognition. An english translation by anthony calderbank appeared in 2003 published by american university in cairo press. Over a career that lasted more than five decades, he wrote 34 novels, short story anthologies, numerous plays and 30 screenplays. The novel is one of several that mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with pharaonic egypt as their setting. Assembled here is a collection of mahfouz s artful meditations on the vicissitudes of. He published more than 350 short stories and34 novels.
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