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PublisherAmerican University in Cairo Press

ISBN-109774163516

ISBN-139789774163517

eBay Product ID (ePID)78527257

Product Key Features

Book TitleCoffeehouse : a Novel

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily Life, Political, Historical

Publication Year2011

GenreFiction

AuthorNaguib Mahfouz

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight11.7 Oz

Item Length5.2 in

Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-282204

TitleLeadingThe

Number of Volumes4 Bks.

SynopsisA novel of loss and memory from the Egyptian Nobel laureate. On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making a nearby caf , Qushtumur, their favorite gathering spot forever. One is the narrator, who, looking back in his old age on their seven decades together, makes the other four the heroes of his tale, a Proustian (and classically Mahfouzian) quest in search of lost time and the memory of a much-changed place. In a seamless stream of personal triumphs and tragedies, their lives play out against the backdrop of two world wars, the 1952 Free Officers coup, the defeat of 1967 and the redemption of 1973, the assassination of a president, and the simmering uncertainties of the transitional 1980s. But as their nation grows and their neighborhood turns from the green, villa-studded paradise of their youth to a dense urban desert of looming towers, they still find refuge in the one enduring landmark in their ever-fading world: the humble coffeehouse called Qushtumur., On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making a nearby café, Qushtumur, their favorite gathering spot forever. One is the narrator, who, looking back in his old age on their seven decades together, makes the other four the heroes of his tale, a Proustian (and classically Mahfouzian) quest in search of lost time and the memory of a much-changed place. In a seamless stream of personal triumphs and tragedies, their lives play out against the backdrop of two world wars, the 1952 Free Officers coup, the defeat of 1967 and the redemption of 1973, the assassination of a president, and the simmering uncertainties of the transitional 1980s. But as their nation grows and their neighborhood turns from the green, villa-studded paradise of their youth to a dense urban desert of looming towers, they still find refuge in the one enduring landmark in their ever-fading world: the humble coffeehouse called Qushtumur.

LC Classification NumberPJ7846.A46Q2813 2010