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Echoes of an Autobiography
de Naguib Mahfouz
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385485557
- ISBN 13
- 9780385485555
- Librería
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Doubleday, USA, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 118 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Doubleday, USA, 1997. First Edition. This is the first USA edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the Foreword by Nadine Gordimer: "These pieces are meditations which echo that which was, has been, and is the writer Mahfouz. They are--in the words of the title of one of the prose pieces--'The Dialogue of the Late Afternoon' of his life. I don't believe any autobiography, with its inevitable implication of self-presentation, could have matched what we have here."Reminiscent of such works as Pascal's "Pensees, " this collection of short and pithy passages is not merely a narration of incidents in Mahfouz's life. Rather, it is a very personal and reflective commentary on situations and events that have lodged themselves in his memory and influenced him in some way. A surprising and delightful departure from his bestselling and much-loved fiction, this unusual and thoughtful book is breathtaking evidence of the fact that Naguib Mahfouz is not only "a storyteller of the first order in any idiom" ( "Vanity Fair" ), but also a profound thinker of the first order.With more than 500,000 copies of his book in print, Naguib Mahfouz has established a following of readers for whom "Echoes of an Autobiography" provides the unique opportunity to catch an intimate glimpse into the life and mind of this magnificent storyteller. Here Mahfouz considers, with characteristic wry good humor, the myriad perplexities of existence, including his preoccupations with old age, death and life's transitory nature. Readers familiar with his novels and short stories will recognize these passages as well as many others as an "echo" of the themes that run through his writings. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0385485557. ISBN/EAN: 9780385485555. Inventory No: 16070014.. 9780385485555
Sinopsis
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, his works range from reimaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Over a career that lasted more than five decades, he wrote 33 novels, 13 short story anthologies, numerous plays, and 30 screenplays. 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 awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first writer in Arabic to do so. He died in August 2006.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16070014
- Título
- Echoes of an Autobiography
- Autor
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385485557
- ISBN 13
- 9780385485555
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- USA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1997
- Palabras clave
- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; Echoes of an Autobiography
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography & Autobiography;
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