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To celebrate the centenary of the birth of the great Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, the AUC Press, which has been publishing English translations of Mahfouz’s work since 1978, presents all his novels, three collections of short stories, and his autobiographical writings in a single library of 20 hardbound volumes.
From Khufu’s Wisdom, first published in Arabic in 1939, to his last work of extended fiction, The Coffeehouse (1988), all thirty-five of his novels are here, along with thirty-eight short stories. His Echoes of an Autobiography is included, as well as his exquisite late series of intensely short fictions known as The Dreams and the collection of his weekly newspaper columns, Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber.
This unique library brings together all Naguib Mahfouz’s translated work for the first time in a very special publishing event.
"The Arab world's foremost novelist"—The New York Times
"Mahfouz's work is freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical."—The Los Angeles Times
"A towering literary figure"—The Economist
"Egypt's greatest living writer and one of the world's most humane literary figures"—Laila Lalami, The Nation
"Timeless."—New Statesman
"A master of both detailed realism and fabulous storytelling"—The Guardian
"Mahfouz is a storyteller of the first order in any idiom." —Vanity Fair
"An elegant if perplexing tale by one of modern Arab literature's greatest voices."—Kirkus
The Naguib Mahfouz Centennial Library includes:
Volume 1 Khufu’s Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War
Volume 2 Cairo Modern, Khan al-Khalili.
Volume 3 Midaq Alley
Volume 4 The Mirage
Volume 5 The Beginning and the End
Volume 6 Palace Walk
Volume 7 Palace of Desire
Volume 8 Sugar Street
Volume 9 Children of the Alley
Volume 10 The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, The Search
Volume 11 The Beggar, Adrift on the Nile, Miramar
Volume 12 Mirrors, Love in the Rain, Karnak Café
Volume 13 Fountain and Tomb, Heart of the Night, Respected Sir
Volume 14 The Harafish
Volume 15 In the Time of Love, Wedding Song, Arabian Nights and Days
Volume 16 The Final Hour, Before the Throne
Volume 17 The Journey of Ibn Fattouma and Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth
Volume 18 The Day the Leader Was Killed, Morning and Evening Talk,
The Coffeehouse
Volume 19 Echoes of an Autobiography, The Dreams, Dreams of Departure,
Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber
Volume 20 The Time and the Place, The Seventh Heaven, Voices from the