num_pages: 336
description: Najib Mahfuz is Egypt's best known novelist. In 1988 he became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize, and he is now internationally famous. This book which provides a detailed analysis of Mahfuz's major works ( The Cairo Trilogy, The Thief and the Dogs, Children of Gebelawi ) is intended for both the specialist and the general reader.
language: English
title: Najib Mahfuz: The Novelist-Philosopher of Cairo
titlecomplete: Najib Mahfuz: The Novelist-Philosopher of Cairo
ratings_count: 5
publisher: St. Martin's Press