The Resource The beginning and the end, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Ramses Awad ; edited by Mason Rossiter Smith
The beginning and the end, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Ramses Awad ; edited by Mason Rossiter Smith
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- Summary
- With this realistic 1949 novel, Najib Mahfouz reveals to Western readers the woes of a petit bourgeois family thrust into poverty in WW II Cairo. The Kamels' private battles, relayed here in engrossing detail, are a microcosm of the Egyptian nation's birth pangs in gaining independence. When their father dies, age-old conventions crumble--one social-climbing son reneges on a betrothal; drugs and illicit sex numb the grief of two self-hating siblings. Redolent of a culture verging on modernity, the work illumines courting rituals, weddings, funerals, food, dress, interior decor and and entertainment. According to Mahfouz, the plight of Egyptian women in the 1940s was complex. The widow Samira is respected, wise and controlling; her daughter Nefisa's physical ugliness is a virtual death sentence, and her skill at needlework a source of embarrassment, not pride
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- 412 pages
- Note
- Translation of: Bidāyah wa-nihāyah
- Isbn
- 9780385264570
- Label
- The beginning and the end
- Title
- The beginning and the end
- Statement of responsibility
- Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Ramses Awad ; edited by Mason Rossiter Smith
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- With this realistic 1949 novel, Najib Mahfouz reveals to Western readers the woes of a petit bourgeois family thrust into poverty in WW II Cairo. The Kamels' private battles, relayed here in engrossing detail, are a microcosm of the Egyptian nation's birth pangs in gaining independence. When their father dies, age-old conventions crumble--one social-climbing son reneges on a betrothal; drugs and illicit sex numb the grief of two self-hating siblings. Redolent of a culture verging on modernity, the work illumines courting rituals, weddings, funerals, food, dress, interior decor and and entertainment. According to Mahfouz, the plight of Egyptian women in the 1940s was complex. The widow Samira is respected, wise and controlling; her daughter Nefisa's physical ugliness is a virtual death sentence, and her skill at needlework a source of embarrassment, not pride
- Cataloging source
- GZR
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Bidāyah wa-nihāyah
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1911-2006
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb
- Dewey number
- 892/.736
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PJ7846.A46
- LC item number
- B513 1989
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1909-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- ʻAwaḍ, Ramsīs
- Smith, Mason Rossiter
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brothers and sisters
- Egyptian fiction
- Arabic fiction
- Egypt
- Label
- The beginning and the end, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Ramses Awad ; edited by Mason Rossiter Smith
- Note
- Translation of: Bidāyah wa-nihāyah
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn214980979
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 412 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385264570
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- The beginning and the end, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Ramses Awad ; edited by Mason Rossiter Smith
- Note
- Translation of: Bidāyah wa-nihāyah
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn214980979
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 412 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385264570
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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