The Coffeehouse [electronic resource] : A Novel
Naguib Mahfouz2010
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Mahfouz's last novel, an evocative depiction of life in Egypt in the twentieth
century as told through the lives of a group of friends, is now available in
paperback for the first time
On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys
become friends for life, making a nearby café, Qushtumur, their favorite
gathering spot forever. One is the narrator, who, looking back in his old age on
their seven decades together, makes the other four the heroes of his tale, a
Proustian, and classically Mahfouzian, quest in search of lost time and the
memory of a much-changed place.
In a seamless stream of personal triumphs and tragedies, their lives play out
against the backdrop of two world wars, the 1952 Free Officers coup, the defeat
of 1967 and the redemption of 1973, the assassination of a president, and the
simmering uncertainties of the transitional 1980s. But as their nation grows and
their neighborhood turns from the green, villa-studded paradis...
Main title:
The Coffeehouse [electronic resource] : A Novel / Naguib Mahfouz
Author:
Naguib Mahfouz, Author
Imprint:
United States : The American University in Cairo Press, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (122.0 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781617973154
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
434579
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