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Anchor proudly presents a new omnibus volume of three novels--previously published separately by Anchor--by Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Assembled here is a collection of Mahfouz's artful meditations on the vicissitudes of post-Revolution Egypt. Diverse in style and narrative technique, together they render a rich, nuanced, and universally resonant vision of modern life in the Middle East. The Beggar is a complex tale of alienation and despair. In the aftermath of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs. Released from jail in post-Revolutionary times, the hero ofThe Thief and the Dogs blames an unjust society for his ill fortune, eventually bringing himself to destruction. Autumn Quail is a tale of moral responsibility, isolation, and political downfall about a corrupt bureaucrat who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 revolution in Egypt.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Anthologies (non-poetry)

• Full title: Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail
• Author: Naguib Mahfouz
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• EAN: 9780385498357
• ISBN: 9780385498357
• ID: 06581511
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Weight: 406 g
• Dimensions: 204 × 134 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. December 2000

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