Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.
“Mahfouz tells the story of Palace of Desire with sensitivity and
humor, offering deep insights into the human condition.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer
“All the magic, mystery, and suffering of Egypt in the 1920s are
conveyed on a human scale.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A grand novel of ideas. . . . A marvelous read.” —The Washington
Post
“In Palace of Desire we see the intricate and complex tragedy of
patriarchy working itself out through succeeding generations.”
—Chicago Tribune
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