"Palace Walk is a tale told with great affection, humor and sensitivity." New York Times Book Review
"The alleys, the houses, the palaces and mosques and the people who live among them are evoked as vividly in [Mahfouz's] work as the streets of London were conjured up by Dickens." Newsweek
"A magnificent work." Chicago Sun-Times
"Rich in psychological insight and cultural observation....A majestic and capacious accomplishment." Boston Globe
"The simple truth is that Palace Walk is a wonderful story." Seattle Times
"Palace Walk is a feast indeed." Chicago Tribune
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.
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, he has been influenced by many Western writers, including Flaubert, Balzac, Zola, Camus, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and, above all, Proust. He has more than thirty novels to his credit, ranging from his earliest historical romances to his most recent experimental novels. In 1988, Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He lives in the Cairo suburb of Agouza.
"Palace Walk is a tale told with great affection, humor and sensitivity." New York Times Book Review
"The alleys, the houses, the palaces and mosques and the people who live among them are evoked as vividly in [Mahfouz's] work as the streets of London were conjured up by Dickens." Newsweek
"A magnificent work." Chicago Sun-Times
"Rich in psychological insight and cultural observation....A majestic and capacious accomplishment." Boston Globe
"The simple truth is that Palace Walk is a wonderful story." Seattle Times
"Palace Walk is a feast indeed." Chicago Tribune
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.
Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, he has been influenced by many Western writers, including Flaubert, Balzac, Zola, Camus, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and, above all, Proust. He has more than thirty novels to his credit, ranging from his earliest historical romances to his most recent experimental novels. In 1988, Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He lives in the Cairo suburb of Agouza.
