Heart of the Night
A classic Mahfouz story exploring themes of marriage across class lines, spirituality, and the harsh realities of a precarious life.Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi, the main character in this most recently translated Mahfouz novel, is guided by his motto, let life be filled with holy madness to the last breath. He narrates his life story to a friend during one long night in a café in old Cairo. Through a series of bad decisions, he has lost everything: his family, his position in society, and his fortune. A man driven by his passions, he married a beautiful Bedouin nomad for love, and as a consequence pays a punishingly high price. From a life…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61797-306-2
- EAN: 9781617973062
- Produktnummer: 22570368
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 263 KB
Über den Autor
Naguib Mahfouz (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.Aida Bamia (trans.) is professor emerita of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florida at Gainesville. She is the translator of Papa Sartre by Ali Bader (AUC Press, 2009).
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