{"product_id":"the-cairo-trilogy-palace-walk-palace-of-desire-sugar-street-introduction-by-sabry-hafez-9780375413315","title":"The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street; Introduction by Sabry Hafez","description":"\u003cb\u003eNobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt--\u003ci\u003ePalace Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePalace of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e--together for the first time in one beautiful hardcover volume. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The masterwork of the Nobel Prize-winning author, the three novels of \u003cb\u003eThe Cairo Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalace Walk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons-the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. Al-Sayyid Ahmad's rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalace of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugar Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout the trilogy, the family's trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, \"\u003ci\u003eThe Cairo Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e extends our knowledge of life; it also confirms it\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\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":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627676373266,"sku":"9780375413315","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4523638d-e843-4240-83fd-84205f191e5e.jpg?v=1732708328","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cairo-trilogy-palace-walk-palace-of-desire-sugar-street-introduction-by-sabry-hafez-9780375413315","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}