num_pages: 167
description: It is the late sixties, &amp; for the group of friends who meet night after night on the houseboat on the Nile, times have changed. Nasser has ushered in an age of enormous social change, &amp; these middle-ages sons &amp; daughters of the old bourgeoisie are left high &amp; dry, to gather beneath the moonlight, to smoke &amp; chat &amp; inhabit a cozy &amp; enchanted world. But one night Art &amp; Reality collide with unforeseen consequences. In Adrift on the Nile, Mahfouz has given us a tale, at once thrilling &amp; deeply serious, which exposes the human &amp; artistic dilemmas of modern times. Naguib Mahfouz, born in 1922, has written over thirty novels &amp; more than a hundred short stories. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Today, he lives in the Cairo suburb of Agouza with his wife &amp; two daughters.
language: English
title: Adrift on the Nile
titlecomplete: Adrift on the Nile
genres: Fiction, Egypt, Philosophy, Egyptian Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, 20th Century, Africa
ratings_count: 8950
places: Cairo
publisher: The American University in Cairo Press