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Palace of desire

Najib Mahfuz

Palace of desire

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Published by Black Swan in London .
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StatementNaguib Mahfouz ; translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne M. Kenny, Olive E. Kenny.
SeriesThe Cairo trilogy -- 2
The Physical Object
Pagination422p.
Number of Pages422
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL22117371M
ISBN 100552995819


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These books are named for the street where the action mostly occurs - book one for the family home on Palace Walk, this book is named for the house of Yasin on Palace of Desire Alley.

The third book is named for Sugar Street, where The second of the Cairo Trilogy, picks up around 7 years after the end of Palace Walk, [ review here ]in /5.

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