Before the Throne

Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock

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English

Random House Inc
15 August 2012

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction

A newly translated novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author- an extraordinary drama in which nearly sixty of Egypt's past leaders--from the time of the pharoahs to the twentieth century--are summoned to judgment by the god Osiris.

Nearly sixty of Egypt's past leaders-from the time of the Pharoahs to the twentieth century-are summoned to judgment in the Court of Osiris in the Afterlife, in this extraordinary novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz.

Before the Throne calls forth a parade of those who have shaped the modern nation of Egypt-from the ruler who first unified Egypt in 3000 BC to Anwar Sadat, the president assassinated by religious extremists in 1981, and including figures as various as the famous pharaoh Ramesses II and the medieval vizier Qaraqush. As they defend their decisions under questioning by Osiris, Isis, and Horus, those who acted for the nation's good are honored with immortality in paradise while those who failed to protect it are condemned either to the inferno or to ""the place of insignificance."" Full of Mahfouz's unique insight into his country's timeless qualities, this provocative work skillfully traces five thousand years of Egypt's past as it flows into the turbulent present.

Translated from the Arabic by Raymond Stock

By: Naguib Mahfouz
Translated by: Raymond Stock
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 164g
ISBN: 9780307742568
ISBN 10: 0307742563
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.