Palace of Desire

Name: Palace of Desire
Author: Naguib Mahfouz

by Naguib Mahfouz

Portrait of family conflict and forbidden desires in Egyptian society

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Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian novelist and the only Arabic-language author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His Cairo Trilogy is a monumental portrait of Egyptian society across three generations; his assassination attempt by Islamists reflected the controversy his work provoked.

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