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The Time and the Place: And Other Stories

by Naguib Mahfouz · 1991

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Selected and translated by the distinguished scholar Denys Johnson-Daivies, these stories have all the celebrated and distinctive characters and qualities found in Mahfouz's novels: The denizens of the dark, narrow alleyways of Cairo, who struggle to survive the poverty; melancholy ruminations on death; experiments with the supernatural; and witty excursions into Cairene middle-class life.

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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisEgyptEgyptMore like thisLess of thisMiddle EastMiddle EastMore like thisLess of thisArabArabMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages
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