Miramar

Naguib Mahfouz, Maged Kommos, John Rodenbeck

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English

Random House
01 June 1993

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

This highly charged fable set in Alexandria, Egypt, in the late 1960s, centers on theguests ofthe Pension Miramar as they compete for the attention of theyoung servant Zohra. Zohra is a beautifulpeasant girl who fled her family to escape an arranged marriage.

She becomes the focus of jealousies and conflicts among the Miramar's residents, whoinclude an assortment of radicals and aristocrats flounderingin the wake of the Egyptian revolution. It becomes clear that the uneducated but strong-willed Zohra is the only one among them who knows what she wants.

Asthe situation spirals toward violence and tragedy, the same sequence of eventsis retold from the perspective offour differentresidents, in the manner of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon,weaving a nuanced portrait ofthe intricacies of post-revolutionary Egyptian life.

By: Naguib Mahfouz, Maged Kommos, John Rodenbeck
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 164g
ISBN: 9780385264785
ISBN 10: 038526478X
Publication Date: 01 June 1993
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Miramar

With Miramar we are in the hands of a considerable novelist, and one who knows his country's complex problems, and complex soul, profoundly. --John Fowles With Miramar we are in the hands of a considerable novelist, and one who knows his country's complex problems, and complex soul, profoundly. --John Fowles With Miramar we are in the hands of aconsiderable novelist, and one who knows hiscountry's complex problems, and complex soul, profoundly. --John Fowles With Miramar we are in the hands of a considerable novelist, and one who knows his country's complex problems, and complex soul, profoundly. --John Fowles WithMiramar we are in the hands of aconsiderable novelist, and one who knows hiscountry's complex problems, and complex soul, profoundly. --John Fowles