Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.,

Palace of desire / Naguib Mahfouz ; translated from the Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny and Olive E. Kenny. - 422 pages ; 20 cm. - Cairo trilogy ; 2 . - Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006. Cairo trilogy ; 2. .

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.

9780552995818 (paperback)


Cairo (Egypt)--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PJ7846.A46 / Q313 1994