Palace of desire
Maḥfuẓ, Najib, 1911-20062006
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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. The sensual and provocative second volume in the Cairo Trilogy, Palace Of Desire follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920's and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son's death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues an arousing lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. His rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination as they test the loosening reins of societal and parental control. And Ahmad's youngest son, in an unforgettable portrayal of unrequited love, ardently courts the sophisticated daughter of a rich Europeanised family.
Main title:
Palace of desire / Naguib Mahfouz.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Black Swan, 2006.
Collation:
432 p.
Series title:
The Cairo trilogy ; 2Cairo trilogy ; 2.
Notes:
This translation originally published: New York; London: Doubleday, 1991.Translated from the Arabic.
ISBN:
9780552995818 (pbk)
Dewey class:
892.736GEN
Language:
EnglishArabic
BRN:
1344484