La Trilogia del Cairo Serie

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1. 1

   La trilogia del Cairo - 1: Tra i due palazzi

   • Nagib Machfus

   • 653pagine
   • 23 ore di lettura

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   Originariamente pubblicata in arabo tra il 1956 e il 1957, la Trilogia narra la storia dell'Egitto attraverso gli occhi di una famiglia, dai primi anni del '900 al golpe militare che nel 1952 rovesciò il governo di Re Faruk e portò al potere Gamal Abd el Nasser.In questo primo romanzo, Mahfuz intreccia magistralmente la società cairota della fine del secolo con personaggi che sono allo stesso tempo obbedienti e meravigliosamente sensuali, le loro vite austere e affascinanti. Qui i rigorosi principi delle donne "rispettabili" e dei loro uomini sono osservati scrupolosamente, in contraddizione alla cultura notturna delle danzatrici del ventre e delle bevande alcoliche, tra la presenza delle forze inglesi e australiane al Cairo.

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   Palace of Desire

   • Maḥfūẓ, Najīb

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   The second volume of the highly acclaimed Cairo Trilogy from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, Palace Of Desire is the unforgettable story of the violent clash between ideals and realities, dreams and desires.

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   Sugar Street

   • Nagib Machfus

   • 320pagine
   • 12 ore di lettura

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   Sugar Street is the third and concluding volume of the celebrated Cairo Trilogy, which brings the story of Al-Sayid Ahmad and his family up to the middle of the twentieth century.Aging and ill, the family patriarch surveys the world from his housewares's latticed balcony, as his long-suffering wife once did. While his children face middle age, it is through his grandsons that we see a modern Egypt emerging.

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• The Cairo trilogy

  • Nagib Machfus

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  Mahfouz's epic trilogy unfolds the story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's British occupation in the early to mid-20th century. This masterwork, presented in one volume for the first time, captures the lives of the family led by the tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who enforces strict control while indulging in secret pleasures. In Palace Walk, we meet his gentle, oppressed wife Amina, his cloistered daughters Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons: the tragic idealist Fahmy, the hedonistic Yasin, and the introspective Kamal. As the narrative progresses to Palace of Desire, the rebellious children strive to break free from their father's domination amid the modernizing influences and political upheaval of the 1920s. Sugar Street culminates the trilogy with a dramatic climax, showcasing the aging patriarch witnessing the divergent paths of his grandsons—one a Communist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, and the third a lover of a powerful politician. Throughout the trilogy, the family's struggles reflect the broader turmoil of their country during the two World Wars, as society grapples with change after centuries of resistance. Rich in drama, humor, and insight, this work exemplifies the artistry of a master storyteller.

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• The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street; Introduction by Sabry Hafez

  • Nagib Machfus

  • 1368pagine
  • 48 ore di lettura

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  A series of historical fiction based on the life of a family living in Cairo during the British Colonial period and afterward

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