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I discovered this wonderful author by accident in 2011 before the Arab spring. Mahfouz is a Nobel Prize winning Egyptian writer who beautifully describes Egypt at the end of World War II through the life of a devout Muslim family. The writing is comparable with Faulkner in its ability to depict an entire culture and society through the life of one family. The tension between devotion to one's religious and family tradition and the need to interpret these traditions for oneself autonomously and freely resonates daily in news from the middle east. This is the best book I have read in years!
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Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy #1) by Naguib Mahfouz
dan campbell, January 4, 2012
I discovered this wonderful author by accident in 2011 before the Arab spring. Mahfouz is a Nobel Prize winning Egyptian writer who beautifully describes Egypt at the end of World War II through the life of a devout Muslim family. The writing is comparable with Faulkner in its ability to depict an entire culture and society through the life of one family. The tension between devotion to one's religious and family tradition and the need to interpret these traditions for oneself autonomously and freely resonates daily in news from the middle east. This is the best book I have read in years!