by Naguib Mahfuz · Martinez Roca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427028357
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«El callejón de los milagros» is the novel by Naguib Mahfuz, published by Martinez Roca in paperback (309 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Midaq Alley, in the heart of Cairo, where the lives of Hamida, a young woman who longs to escape her misery; of Abbas, the barber in love; and of other neighbours who live among love, greed and misfortune, cross paths. A choral novel that portrays Egyptian society in the mid-20th century.
The novel was originally published in 1947. This Spanish edition features a translation by Helena Valentí.
Recommended for readers of classic fiction and for those interested in Egyptian literature and portrayals of urban life in Cairo.
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance – now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous – has formed an Egyptian narrative art that applies to all mankind".
