Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt
Subtitle: Existential Themes in His Writings (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: September 27, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780313268762
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; c 1980 to c 1990; Mahfuz, Najib - Prose & Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Arabic; Literature: Classics; Egypt; African; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Mahfuz, Najib; General; 1911-; 1911-2006; Criticism and interpretation; Egypt in literature; In literature; Mahfuz, Najib,; Maòhfåuòz, Najåib,
First sentence: Like Saul Bellow's Albert Corde, Albert Camus's Bernard Rieux, and William Faulkner's Gavin Stevens, Naguib Mahfouz's characters are not exceptional, yet many strive to live authentically and to relate spiritually in their daily endeavors.