{"product_id":"sugar-street-the-cairo-trilogy-volume-3-9780307947123","title":"Sugar Street: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugar Street \u003c\/i\u003eis the final novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. \u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e brings Mahfouz's vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by William Maynard Hutchins and Angele Botros Samaan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of \u003ci\u003ePalace Walk\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003ePalace of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), and \u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749272813842,"sku":"9780307947123","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03ad0797-1467-494e-a500-3aabf63ebccc.jpg?v=1764074739","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sugar-street-the-cairo-trilogy-volume-3-9780307947123","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}