Children of the Alley
by Naguib Mahfouz
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385264739
- ISBN 13
- 9780385264730
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Doubleday, New York, 1995. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 448 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Doubleday, New York, 1995. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Translated by Peter Theroux. SYNOPSIS: The tumultuous alley of this rich and intricate novel (first published in Arabic in 1959) is inhabited by a delightful Egyptian family, but is also the setting for a second, hidden, and more daring narrative: the spiritual history of humankind. The men and women of a modern Cairo neighborood unwittingly reenact the lives of their holy ancestors: from the feudal lord who disowns one son for diabolical pride and puts another to the test, to the savior of a succeeding generation who frees his people from bondage. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0385264739. ISBN/EAN: 9780385264730. Inventory No: 24030070.. 9780385264730
Synopsis
Children of Gabalawi, (أولاد حارتنا) is a novel by the Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. It is also known by its Egyptian dialectal transliteration, Awlad Haretna, formal Arabic transliteration, Awlaadu Haaratena and by the alternative translated transliteral Arabic title of "Children of the Alley".
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24030070
- Title
- Children of the Alley
- Author
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385264739
- ISBN 13
- 9780385264730
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Children of the Alley
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Fiction;
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