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Khufu's Wisdom - Paperback

by Naguib Mahfouz
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Availability:In StockContributor:Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock (Translator)Publish date:2005-08-09Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9781400076673ISBN-10:1400076676UPC:9781400076673Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:8.24 x 6.30 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCMA8B2EY8

At the center of Khufu's Wisdom, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's majestic first novel, is the legendary Fourth Dynasty monarch Khufu (Cheops), for whom the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.

When a seer prophesies the end of Khufu's dynasty and the ascension to the throne of Djedefra, son of the High Priest of Ra, the pharaoh must battle to preserve his legacy against the will of the Fates. But in the face of the inexorable attraction between Djedefra and Princess Meresankh, Khufu's beautiful daughter, Khufu must consider not only his personal ambition and the opposing decree of the heavens, but also how the wisdom he prides himself on as a ruler will guide him in determining the fate of his daughter's heart.

Translated by Raymond Stock
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9781400076673ISBN-10:1400076676UPC:9781400076673Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:8.24 x 6.30 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCMA8B2EY8

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.


Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock (Translator)

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Naguib Mahfouz

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