by William Golding · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571125470
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«An Egyptian Journal» is William Golding's travelogue, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (207 pages, in English).
William Golding recounts his journey along the Nile in contemporary Egypt, turning the trip into a personal reflection on the country. He alternates scenes of daily life with his fascination for the pharaonic past, portraying with irony and warmth the people and landscapes he encounters along the way.
Before publishing «An Egyptian Journal», Golding had already addressed ancient Egypt in two essays and in the novella «The Scorpion God».
For those interested in Egypt and travel literature, as well as readers of William Golding who want to discover his side as a chronicler.
Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), Golding published another 12 volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980, Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.
