Palace Of Desire

A masterpiece * The Times *
A magnificent, Tolstoyan saga… unmissable * Cosmopolitan *
Shamelessly entertaining * Guardian *
Naguib Mahfouz’s CAIRO TRILOGY puts all contemporary writers in the shade. He is the Arab Tolstoy – Simon Sebag Montefiore * Twitter *
An engrossing work, whose author can take his place alongside any European master you care to name * The Sunday Times *
Teeming with life and contention… it promises riches * Independent *
Brilliantly combines the secret vocabulary of Islamic metaphysics with the techniques of the Egyptian novel * Times Literary Supplement *

Naguib Mahfouz was the most prominent literary figure in the Arab world of the Twentieth Century, best known for his Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Walk), which became an international bestseller. He was born in Cairo in 1911 and lived in the suburb of Agouza with his wife and two daughters for the rest of his life. He published more than thirty novels as well as many collections of short stories, plays and screenplays. In 1988, Mr Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first Arab writer to win it. In 1994, after the publication of a novel that led him into trouble with Egypt’s religious authorities, an attempt was made on his life, but he died peacefully in 2006, aged 94.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.