Sugar Street: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 3

<p><i>Sugar Street</i> is the final novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent&nbsp;Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork.</p> <p>The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. <i>Sugar Street</i> brings Mahfouz’s vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist, one a Muslim fundamentalist, and one the lover of a powerful politician. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller.</p> <p>Translated by William Maynard Hutchins and Angele Botros Samaan</p> <p>The New York Times Book Review called Palace Walk, the first volume of the Cairo Trilogy, "a tale told with great affection, sensitivity, and humor" and described Palace of Desire, the second volume, as "elegant and often explosive." The Nobel Prize winner now offers the climactic third volume, print. </p>

Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz  

ISBN 10: 0307947122
ISBN 13: 9780307947123
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Publication: 11/29/2011