Once again, Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz proves his extraordinary talent in this spare and powerful novel set on the lush banks of the river Nile. First published in Arabic in 1966, this moving and perceptive book takes place on a houseboat and revolves around a group of middle-class Cairenes who experience a tragedy which destroys their camaraderie.
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Once again, Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz proves his extraordinary talent in this spare and powerful novel set on the lush banks of the river Nile. First published in Arabic in 1966, this moving and perceptive book takes place on a houseboat and revolves around a group of middle-class Cairenes who experience a tragedy which destroys their camaraderie.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book First U. S. edition, first printing, hardcover. Quarter-bound in red cloth with gilt titles on spine/tan paper-covered boards. 167 pages. Translated by Frances Liardet. Near fine with light foxing to top edge of text block, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. First published in Arabic in 1966.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; First [U.S. ] edition stated. 167pp. Tight, sturdy, and square; text very good+; tan paper over red cloth clean, gilt bright. Slight bump to spine heel, else very light wear to unclipped DJ; now protected in Mylar wraps. NOT ex-lib. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0385423225. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 167 pages; 1993 Doubleday & Company. HC/DJ 1st American edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with $21 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears generally unread with just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket extremities. NF/NF.
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May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwill's nonprofit mission!
