The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail

The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9780525432036
ISBN-13 : 0525432035
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Book Synopsis The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail by : Naguib Mahfouz

Download or read book The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anchor proudly presents a new omnibus volume of three novels--previously published separately by Anchor--by Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Assembled here is a collection of Mahfouz's artful meditations on the vicissitudes of post-Revolution Egypt. Diverse in style and narrative technique, together they render a rich, nuanced, and universally resonant vision of modern life in the Middle East. The Beggar is a complex tale of alienation and despair. In the aftermath of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs. Released from jail in post-Revolutionary times, the hero ofThe Thief and the Dogs blames an unjust society for his ill fortune, eventually bringing himself to destruction. Autumn Quail is a tale of moral responsibility, isolation, and political downfall about a corrupt bureaucrat who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 revolution in Egypt.


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