Archive for August 7, 2009
MORNING AND EVENING TALK by Naguib Mahfouz
Written in 1987, this last entry in the Cairo series by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz is not a novel in the traditional sense. The book has no beginning, middle, and end, and no real plot. There is no standard chronology or strong characters who develop fully during the action. In a bold experiment, Mahfouz uses the traditional Arab biographical dictionary as his structural model for the book.
August 7, 2009
Tags: Arabic World, Around-the-World, Literary Posted in: Award Winning Author, Egypt, Literary, Nobel Prize for Literature, Political, Translated, Unique Narrative, World Literature 
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