Palace Walk: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 1 by Naguib Mahfouz

Cairo Trilogy #1. Volume I of the Cairo Trilogy, set during the British occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I. From the somber and tyrannical patriarch to the young daughter who dares to peer out through the mashrabiyya from which women view the world, the story of the al-Jawad family is told with affection, sensitivity and elegance.

Year: 2011

Paperback