Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt: Existential Themes in His Writings

by Haim Gordon

In November 1988 Naguib Mahfouz became the first Arab writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this study of his writings only now being widely translated into English, Haim Gordon, an Israeli professor committed to intercultural dialogue, examines Mahfouz's work from an existential perspective. While Mahfouz is first and foremost a storyteller, he gives the reader an extra baksheesh. By telling stories of persons from all walks of life--civil...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313268762
• ISBN13: 9780313268762
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"