The Beggar, the Thief and the Dogs, and Autumn Quail
The Beggar, the Thief and the Dogs, and Autumn Quail
- ISBN 13:
9780385498357
- ISBN 10:
0385498357
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/05/2000
- Publisher: Anchor
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Summary
Anchor proudly presents a new omnibus volume of three novels--previously published separately by Anchor--by Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Assembled here is a collection of Mahfouz's artful meditations on the vicissitudes of post-Revolution Egypt. Diverse in style and narrative technique, together they render a rich, nuanced, and universally resonant vision of modern life in the Middle East. The Beggaris a complex tale of alienation and despair. In the aftermath of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs. Released from jail in post-Revolutionary times, the hero ofThe Thief and the Dogsblames an unjust society for his ill fortune, eventually bringing himself to destruction.Autumn Quailis a tale of moral responsibility, isolation, and political downfall about a corrupt bureaucrat who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 revolution in Egypt.