REFLECTIONS of a Nobel Laureate '94-2001 Naguib MAHFOUZ

Naguib Mahfouz

at  Sidi  Gaber

REFLECTIONS       OF  A   NOBEL LAUREATE

from conversations with Mohamed Salmawy

Copyright: ©  2001 by American  University of Cairo Press

ISBN: 977424673X
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press, Egypt
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hard Cover  157 MINT pages It’s Unread !!
Book Condition: BRAND NEW HARDBACK in stunning PICTORIAL  matt dustjacket
Edition: First Edition: First Printing

Measures: 8ins  X  5ins            

CONDITION:

A glorious hardcover of navy blue cloth with grey linen backstrap ~ striking gilt titles to the cloth spine. The pictorial dustjacket is in lovely as new condition ~ Unclipped. Both the hardcover and the dustjacket are nearest to fine! There are 157 spotless glossy pages.  Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This is the First Edition. This is an unread copy.  No blemishes worth a mention really!  A GEM of an UNread copy!  

SYNOPSIS...

TITLE:Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber: Reflections of a Nobel Laureate, 1994-2001. AUTHOR:Naguib Mahfouz.

SYNOPSIS:

In one of his regular columns in Al-Ahram Weekly, Naguib Mahfouz at the age of 89 wrote of his feeling of having reached the penultimate station of his life, and noted how it reminded him of his annual journey from Cairo to Alexandria: at Sidi Gaber Station he begins to prepare his luggage, ready to get off the train, because the next station is the final one. This celebratory volume, published on the occasion of the Nobel laureate's 90th birthday, brings together a selection of the more personal, reflective pieces that have appeared over the past seven years. They reveal a writer concerned as always with the human condition, with his own thought processes, and with the craft of writing, offering rare insights into the way a great writer thinks and works. The range and quality of writing is even more remarkable when one remembers that since a nearly fatal knife attack in 1994, the injuries Mahfouz sustained, combined with his failing eyesight, have made it almost impossible for him to write. But as a man who has devoted his life to the written word, Mahfouz now prepares his weekly articles through conversations with his friend Mohamed Salmawy, who has selected and gathered the pieces in this collection. Mahfouz fans and anyone interested in learning more about the life, times, and thoughts of one of the major figures of modern Arabic literature will find this volume an essential addition to their bookshelf. 

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