The Time and the Place

by Naguib Mahfouz

Genres: Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Selected and translated by the distinguished scholar Denys Johnson-Daivies, these stories have all the celebrated and distinctive characters and qualities found in Mahfouz's novels:  The denizens of the dark, narrow alleyways of Cairo, who struggle to survive the poverty; melancholy ruminations on death; experiments with the supernatural; and witty excursions into Cairene middle-class life.

Release date: June 15, 2016

Publisher: Anchor

Print pages: 192