Palace of desire / Naguib Mahfouz ; translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny and Olive E. Kenny.

By: Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006 [author.]Contributor(s): Hutchins, William M [translator.] | Kenny, Olive E [translator.] | Kenny, Lorne M., etranslatorMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, Cairo trilogy: 2.London : Black Swan, 1994Description: 422 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780552995818 (paperback)Uniform titles: Qasr al-Shawq. English Subject(s): Cairo (Egypt) -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.LOC classification: PJ7846.A46 Q313 1994Summary: 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.
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First published in Arabic in 1957 as Qasr al-Shawq.

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.