First published in 1966, Naguib Mahfouz's Adrift on the Nile is an atmospheric novel that dramatizes the rootlessness of Egypt's cosmopolitan middle class. Anis Zani is a bored and drug-addicted civil servant who is barely holding on to his job. Every evening he hosts a gathering on a houseboat on the Nile, where he and a motley group of cynical and aimless friends share a water pipe full of kif, a mixture of tobacco and marijuana. When a young female journalist-an ""alarmingly serious person""-joins them and begins secretly documenting their activities, the group's harmony starts disintegrating, culminating in a midnight joyride that ends in tragedy.
By:
Naguib Mahfouz Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 202mm,
Width: 132mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 177g ISBN:9780385423335 ISBN 10: 0385423330 Pages: 167 Publication Date:01 May 1994 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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A / AS level
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
