EAN: 9780863563751

THE QUARTER - NAGIB MACHFUS GEBUNDEN

Meet the people of Cairo's Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa  son of Adam the waterseller who
can only speak truths  the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time  Ali
Zaidan  the gambler  late to love  and Boss Saqr who stashes his money above the bath. A
neighbourhood of demons  dancing and sweet halva  the quarter keeps quiet vigil over the
secrets of all who live there. This collection by pre-eminent Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz
was recently discovered among his old papers. Found with a slip of paper titled 'for publishing
1994'  they are published here for the first time. Resplendent with Mahfouz's delicate and
poignant observations of everyday happenings  these lively stories lay bare the beauty hidden
in the infamous labyrinths of Cairo.

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