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 Naguib Mahfouz - Midaq Alley
Description: ISBN 0385264763 / Author: Nagib Mahfouz / Genre: Fiction / Tells stories of the residents of a Cairo back alley, including those of ... more  Naguib Mahfouz - Midaq Alley ... Kirsha, a cafe owner, Abbas, a barber, and Hamida, a young woman.Newest Review: ... three books describing the lives of an Egyptian family over different generations, I had no hesitation is picking this book ... more ... up, particularly as many claim it is Mahfouz’ best book. I know very little about Middle Eastern literature in general, although I have recently made an effort to correct this. However, with an author with writing skills such as this one’s, there is no need to be concerned about finding the story difficult to understand in any way. Although not a long book, the characters are described in such a way that they are universally recognisable. The precociousness of Hamida, for example, is so vivid that I really felt as if I...more |
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Format: Paperback, ISBN: 9780385264761
Pages: 304, Edition: 1st Anchor Books, Paperback, Bantam Doubleda ... |
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Naguib Mahfouz - Midaq Alley: Timeless (820 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 14.03.07 (Very useful, 864 readings)
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This is the story of a bustling back alley in the heart of Cairo in the 1940s, the attempt of some of the younger residents to work their way out of it and the lives of those left behind. Hamida, the beautiful foster daughter of a matchmaker, believes that her destiny is to be rich and have everything that she needs to hand. Abbas, the young barber, who falls in love with her goes to work for the British Army in order to earn enough money to marry her. Hussain, already addicted to the good life by the wage that he earns grows to despise his family and neighbours. Of those left behind, Kirsha, the local café owner, constantly embarrasses his wife with his ...
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