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Midaq Alley

by Naguib Mahfouz

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Originally زقاق المدق, · Arabic

Widely acclaimed as Naguib Mahfouz's best novel, Midaq Alley brings to life one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo in the 1940s. From Zaita the cripple-maker to Kirsha the hedonistic cafe owner, from Abbas the barber who mistakes greed for love to Hamida who sells her soul to escape the alley, from waiters and widows to politicians, pimps, and poets, the inhabitants of Midaq Alley vividly evoke Egypt's largest city as it teeters on the brink of change. Never has Nobel Prize-winner Mah...

First published 1947 305 pages
Category
Literature
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Must-Read
Author works
3
Editions known
59
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DDC 892 LCC PJ-7846.00000000.A46 Arabic fictionArabischCairo (egypt), fictionEgypt, fictionFictionFiction, generalGerman fictionLiterary
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ISBN 9780385264761 English
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