And Ridwan, the inheritor of his father's charms, launches a political career aided by a homosexual affair with prominent politician.Ī 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. Sugar Street Naguib Mahfouz Translated byWilliam Maynard Hutchins Angele Botros Samaan In this final volume of Naguib Mahfouz's masterpiece trilogy, al-Sayyid Ahmad is aging, ill, and confined behind the mashrabeya that once confined his English edition 320 pp. One grandson is a communist activist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, both working for what they believe will be a better world.
Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes.īut through Ahamd's three grandsons we see modern how Egypt takes shape.
As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Sugar Street, the climactic final book in the classic Cairo Trilogy, is the captivating story of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt. 'The Arab Tolstoy' - Simon Sebag Montefiore THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR. The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Everymans Library) Hardcover Octoby Naguib Mahfouz (Author), Sabry Hafez (Introduction) 486 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.
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