{"product_id":"the-essential-naguib-mahfouz-novels-short-stories-autobiography-9789774163876","title":"The Essential Naguib Mahfouz: Novels, Short Stories, Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA carefully curated selection of the most important works of Egypt's Nobel literature laureate in a single volume\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, wrote prolifically from the 1930s until shortly before his death in 2006, in a variety of genres: novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, a regular weekly newspaper column, and in later life his intensely brief and evocative Dreams. His \u003ci\u003eCairo Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e achieved the status of a world classic, and the Swedish Academy of Letters in awarding him the 1988 Nobel prize for literature noted that Mahfouz \"through works rich in nuance--now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous--has formed an Arabic narrative art that applies to all mankind.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere Denys Johnson-Davies, described by Edward Said as \"the leading Arabic-English translator of our time,\" makes an essential selection of short stories and extracts from novels and other writings, to present a cross-section through time of the very best of the work of Egypt's Nobel literature laureate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaguib Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-2006) was born in the crowded Cairo district of Gamaliya. He wrote nearly 40 novel-length works, plus hundreds of short stories and numerous screenplays. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenys Johnson-Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-2017) produced more than thirty volumes of translation of modern Arabic literature, including \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Yusuf Idris\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press, 2009). He received the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2007 for Personality of the Year in the Field of Culture.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50367920275730,"sku":"9789774163876","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39f48eec-935a-4521-a722-69f6bafb873c.jpg?v=1728500511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-essential-naguib-mahfouz-novels-short-stories-autobiography-9789774163876","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}