The Coffeehouse

The Coffeehouse
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Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Total Pages : 111
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ISBN-10 : 9781617973154
ISBN-13 : 1617973157
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Book Synopsis The Coffeehouse by : Naguib Mahfouz

Download or read book The Coffeehouse written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahfouz's last novel, an evocative depiction of life in Egypt in the twentieth century as told through the lives of a group of friends, is now available in paperback for the first time On a school playground in the stylish Cairo suburb of Abbasiya, five young boys become friends for life, making a nearby café, Qushtumur, their favorite gathering spot forever. One is the narrator, who, looking back in his old age on their seven decades together, makes the other four the heroes of his tale, a Proustian, and classically Mahfouzian, quest in search of lost time and the memory of a much-changed place. In a seamless stream of personal triumphs and tragedies, their lives play out against the backdrop of two world wars, the 1952 Free Officers coup, the defeat of 1967 and the redemption of 1973, the assassination of a president, and the simmering uncertainties of the transitional 1980s. But as their nation grows and their neighborhood turns from the green, villa-studded paradise of their youth to a dense urban desert of looming towers, they still find refuge in the one enduring landmark in their ever-fading world: the humble coffeehouse called Qushtumur. The Coffeehouse is a powerful and timeless novel of loss and memory from one of Egypt's most celebrated literary masters.


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