Najib Mahfuz
Subtitle: The Novelist-Philosopher of Cairo
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: January 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780312215187
Subjects: Middle Eastern; Mahfuz, Najib; Mahfuz, Najib - Prose & Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 1911-2006; Criticism and interpretation; Maòhfåuòz, Najåib,; Names, Personal, in literature
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."--BOOK JACKET.