Palace of desire
By: Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny, Olive E. Kenny.
Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S.
Series: The Cairo trilogy ;
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Continuing the story of al-Sayyid Ahmad and his family, this is a fascinating look at Egypt in the 1920s. Increased personal freedoms mix tenuously with traditions of family control, as two of Ahmad's sons court alluring women. Sequel to "Palace walk" and second story in "The Cairo trilogy."
Notes: Translation of: Qaṣr al-shawq.