Olive E. Kenny
1) Palace walk
Author
Series
Cairo trilogy ; 1
Publisher
Anchor Books/Doubleday
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
The first book of the Cairo Trilogy recreates turn-of-the-century Cairo, with characters who are simultaneously disciplined and sensual. This novel provides a close look into Cairo society at the end of World War I. Mahfouz's vehicle for this examination is the family of al-Sayyid Ahmad, a middle-class merchant who runs his family strictly according to the Qur'an and directs his own behavior according to his desires. Consequently, while his wife and...
2) Wedding song
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Four people - -the leading man, the playwright, his father and his mother - explain a sensational new play creating four distinct dramas. Is it an extraordinary work of imagination or a confession of sordid family secrets?