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Palace Of Desire
  • Published: 1 November 1994
  • ISBN: 9780552995818
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $26.99
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Palace Of Desire

From the Nobel Prizewinning author

  • Naguib Mahfouz
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1 Nov 1994
EBook
15 June 2016
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The second volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy.

THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR.

'A masterpiece' - The Times
'Shamelessly entertaining' - Guardian

The sensual and provocative second book in the classic 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 a bewitching lute-player - only for her to marry 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, falls for the sophisticated daughter of a rich Europeanised family.

A vivid portrait of a family and a country in a time of upheaval, the Cairo Trilogy is the greatest and best loved work by the 20th century's most important Arab novelist.
  • Published: 1 November 1994
  • ISBN: 9780552995818
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $26.99
Categories:

Praise for Palace Of Desire

Brilliantly combines the secret vocabulary of Islamic metaphysics with the techniques of the Egyptian novel

Times Literary Supplement

A masterpiece

The Times

A magnificent, Tolstoyan saga... unmissable

Cosmopolitan

Shamelessly entertaining

Guardian

An engrossing work, whose author can take his place alongside any European master you care to name

The Sunday Times

Teeming with life and contention... it promises riches

Independent

Naguib Mahfouz's CAIRO TRILOGY puts all contemporary writers in the shade. He is the Arab Tolstoy

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