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Naguib 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 Cairo Trilogy 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 'œthrough works rich in nuance'”now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous'”has formed an Arabic narrative art that applies to all mankind.' Here Denys Johnson-Davies, described by Edward Said as 'œthe leading Arabic'English translator of our time,' and the first to translate Naguib Mahfouz into English, 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.

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.

Denys Johnson-Davies has produced more than thirty volumes of translation of modern Arabic literature, including The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim (AUC Press, 2008) and The Essential Yusuf Idris (AUC Press, 2009). He received the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2007 for Personality of the Year in the Field of Culture.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Novels
from Thebes at War, 1944	p. 11
from Khan al-Khalili, 1946	p. 16
from Midaq Alley, 1947	p. 20
from The Beginning and the End, 1949	p. 50
from The Cairo Trilogy, 1956-57	p. 59
from Palace Walk	p. 60
from Palace of Desire	p. 92
from Sugar Street	p. 105
from Children of the Alley, 1959	p. 110
from The Thief and the Dogs, 1961	p. 142
from Adrift on the Nile, 1966	p. 147
from Miramar, 1967	p. 154
from Mirrors, 1972	p. 158
from Karnak Cafe, 1974	p. 167
from Fountain and Tomb, 1975	p. 173
from The Harafish, 1977	p. 180
from Arabian Nights and Days, 1979	p. 203
from The Journey of Ibn Fattouma, 1983	p. 216
from Before the Throne, 1983	p. 236
from Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth, 1985	p. 241
from The Day the Leader Was Killed, 1985	p. 251
from Morning and Evening Talk, 1987	p. 254
Short Stories
The Return of Sinuhe, 1941	p. 261
Zaabalawi, 1962	p. 267
The Conjuror Made Off with the Dish, 1969	p. 278
The Answer is No, 1989	p. 285
Half a Day, 1989	p. 288
A Long-tenn Plan, 1989	p. 291
Forgetfulness, 1984	p. 298
The Reception Hall, 1996	p. 302
Traveler with Hand Luggage, 1996	p. 305
The Rose Garden, 1999	p. 307
Autobiographical Works
from Echoes of an Autobiography, 1994	p. 313
from The Dreams, 200	p. 317
Sources	p. 329
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The Essential Naguib Mahfouz Novels, Short Stories, Autobiography

The Essential Naguib Mahfouz Novels, Short Stories, Autobiography

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