Palace Walk
Novel by Naguib Mahfouz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palace Walk[1] (Arabic: بين القصرين, romanized: Bayn al-Quṣrayn, lit. 'Between Two Palaces') is a novel by Nobel Prize winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, and the first installment of Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy.[2] Originally published in 1956 with the title Bayn al-qasrayn, the book was then translated into English by William M. Hutchins and Olive Kenny, and then published by Doubleday (publisher) in 1990.[3] The book's Arabic title translates into 'between two palaces'. The setting of the novel is Cairo around the time period of World War I. It begins in 1917, during World War I, and ends in 1919, the year of the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. The novel is written in a social realist style and reflects the social and political setting of Egypt in during 1917 to 1919.[4]
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Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
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Original title | بين القصرين |
Translator | William M. Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Modern Standard Arabic |
Series | Cairo Trilogy |
Genre | Novel, family saga, historical fiction |
Set in | Cairo, 1917–19 |
Publisher | Maktabat Misr |
Publication date | 1956 |
Published in English | 1990 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 512 pp |
ISBN | 0-385-26466-6 (reissue) |
OCLC | 3229563 |
892.736 | |
LC Class | PJ7846.A46 B313 |
Followed by | Palace of Desire |