Palace of desire
By: Naguib Mahfouz ; translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny and Olive E. Kenny
Contributors: Hutchins, William Maynard; Kenny, Olive E.; Kenny, Lorne M.
Edition: 2nd Anchor Books ed.
Series: Cairo trilogy -- 2
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780307947116
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Qasr al-Shawq
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.
Notes: First published in Arabic in 1957 as Qasr al-Shawq.

English translation copyright 1991 by The American University in Cairo Press.