Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1)

Posted on 09 August 2017 by Naguib Mahfouz

Volume I of the masterful Cairo Trilogy A national best seller in both hardcover and paperback, it introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt s occupation by British forces in the early 1900s. Read Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1) Author Naguib Mahfouz – kino-fada.fr , ,, , , , ,,, ,, , , , ,,, ,, ,1919 , , , , ,The Cairo trilogy by NF is a work of Tolstoyan proportions, drawing a picture of a place during a certain period through its portrayal of a large number of well developed complex characters Though mostly it is a story of a joint family, it expands into the political and socio religious arena of its times There is a lotto this book than I will go into this review of its the first instalment of triology, Palace Walk.The writing in first few and last few chapters is simply beautiful The om The Cairo trilogy by NF is a work of Tolstoyan proportions, drawing a picture of a place during a certain period through its portrayal of a large number of well developed complex characters Though mostly it is a story of a joint family, it expands into the political and socio religious arena of its times There is a lotto this book than I will go into this review of its the first instalment of triology, Palace Walk.The writing in first few and last few chapters is simply beautiful The om...0102 0304 .051919 . .. .., , 400 ,, , , 400 ,, , , , , , The Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz is, by far, the best work of fiction that I have read this year and is now one of my top ten favourite novels The Palace Walk is the first volume of The Cairo Trilogy It centers on the life of an Egyptian Muslim family living through the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the 1919 revolution against British rule, a time of dramatic change in Egypt The nove...Two years ago, I spotted Palace Walk in a bookshelf and thought that this might be an interesting read because the last time I encountered a story that has something to do with Muslim culture was in Khaled Hosseini s The Kite Runner and that was it Still, I always strive to expand my preferences and immerse myself on literature that isculturally diverse than I mused to In all honesty, I also selected to buy this particular book because of the Nobel Prize Awardee label attached to i Two years ago, I spotted Palace Walk in a bookshelf and thought that this might be an interesting read because the last time I encountered a story that has something to do with Muslim culture was in Khaled Hosseini s The Kite Runner and that was it Still, I always strive to expand my preferences and immerse myself on literature that isculturally diverse than I mused to In all honesty, I also selected to buy this particular book because of the Nobel Prize Awardee label attached to it So trusting that alone, I essentially went blind purchasing this novel, not knowing what to expect I didn t even research about the book afterwards, and only done so once I finally finished it last night during a four day Holy Week vacation at a beach resort In addition to reading Magneto Testament which I just finished under an hour Palace Walk has filled my humid, sea drenched days with unexp...

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09 August 2017

Naguib Mahfouz