Le point de vue de l'éditeur La rue d'Al-Nahhasin n'était pas une rue calme ... La harangue des camelots, le marchandage des clients, les invocations des illuminés de passage, les plaisanteries des chalands s'y fondaient en un concert de voix pointues ... Les questions les plus privées en pénétraient les moindres recoins, s'élevaient jusqu'à ses minarets ... Pourtant, une clameur soudaine s'éleva, d'abord lointaine, comme le mugissement des vagues, elle commença à s'enfler, s'amplifier, jusqu'à ressembler à la plainte sibilante du vent ... Elle semblait étrange, insolite, même dans cette rue criante ... C'est ici, dans les rues du Caire, que Naguib Mahfouz, le Zola du Nil, a promené son miroir et capté toutes les facettes d'une société égyptienne en pleine évolution. Naguib Mahfouz est le premier écrivain de langue arabe à avoir reçu, en 1988, le prix Nobel de Littérature.
La Trilogie du Caire Séries
Cette saga épique retrace la vie d'un patriarche cairote et de ses descendants sur trois générations. Depuis la Révolution égyptienne contre les colonisateurs britanniques jusqu'à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la série offre un riche portrait panoramique de la société et de la politique égyptiennes. Plongez dans les luttes, les amours et les pertes des personnages alors qu'ils naviguent leur destin dans le paysage vibrant et changeant du Caire.





Ordre de lecture recommandé
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- 2
The second volume of the highly acclaimed Cairo Trilogy from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Filled with compelling drama, earthy humor, and remarkable insight, Palace Of Desire is the unforgettable story of the violent clash between ideals and realities, dreams and desires.
- 3
Sugar Street
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Sugar Street is the third and concluding volume of the celebrated Cairo Trilogy, which brings the story of Al-Sayid Ahmad and his family up to the middle of the twentieth century.Aging and ill, the family patriarch surveys the world from his housewares's latticed balcony, as his long-suffering wife once did. While his children face middle age, it is through his grandsons that we see a modern Egypt emerging.
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The Cairo trilogy
- 1313pages
- 46 heures de lecture
Mahfouz's epic trilogy unfolds the story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's British occupation in the early to mid-20th century. This masterwork, presented in one volume for the first time, captures the lives of the family led by the tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who enforces strict control while indulging in secret pleasures. In Palace Walk, we meet his gentle, oppressed wife Amina, his cloistered daughters Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons: the tragic idealist Fahmy, the hedonistic Yasin, and the introspective Kamal. As the narrative progresses to Palace of Desire, the rebellious children strive to break free from their father's domination amid the modernizing influences and political upheaval of the 1920s. Sugar Street culminates the trilogy with a dramatic climax, showcasing the aging patriarch witnessing the divergent paths of his grandsons—one a Communist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, and the third a lover of a powerful politician. Throughout the trilogy, the family's struggles reflect the broader turmoil of their country during the two World Wars, as society grapples with change after centuries of resistance. Rich in drama, humor, and insight, this work exemplifies the artistry of a master storyteller.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street; Introduction by Sabry Hafez
- 1368pages
- 48 heures de lecture
A series of historical fiction based on the life of a family living in Cairo during the British Colonial period and afterward