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portada The Quarter: Stories
Type
Physical Book
Preface by
Translated by
Publisher
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
20.1 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
Weight
0.23 kg.
ISBN13
9780863563751

The Quarter: Stories

Naguib Mahfouz (Author) · Elif Shafak (Preface by) · Roger Allen (Translated by) · Saqi Books · Hardcover

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Synopsis "The Quarter: Stories"

Meet the people of Cairo's Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the gambler, late to love; and Boss Saqr who stashes his money above the bath. A neighbourhood of demons, dancing and sweet halva, the quarter keeps quiet vigil over the secrets of all who live there. This collection by pre-eminent Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz was recently discovered among his old papers. Found with a slip of paper titled 'for publishing 1994', they are published here for the first time. Resplendent with Mahfouz's delicate and poignant observations of everyday happenings, these lively stories take the reader deep into the beating heart of Cairo.
Elif Shafak
  (Preface by)
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Es una premiada escritora británico-turca con diecinueve libros publicados, doce de los cuales son novelas. Doctorada en Ciencias Políticas y en Humanidades, ha sido profesora en varias universidades internacionales, entre ellas la de Oxford, de la que es miembro honorífico. Gran defensora de los derechos de la mujer y LGBTQ+ y la libertad de expresión, fue cofundadora del Consejo Europeo de Relaciones Exteriores y colabora con publicaciones en toda Europa. Ha recibido la medalla Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, y en 2017 Politico la eligió como una de las doce personas «que os llenarán el corazón de una muy necesitada alegría». En 2021 fue una las cien mujeres más inspiradoras e influyentes según la BBC, es vicepresidenta de la Real Sociedad de Literatura del Reino Unido y ha sido jurado de numerosos premios literarios, incluido el PEN Nabokov. Ganadora del Premio Internacional de Literatura Halldór Laxness, su obra ha sido traducida a cincuenta y cinco lenguas.
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