Echoes of an Autobiography

Naguib Mahfouz

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Arabic

Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
29 December 1997

Autobiography: general; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

From the Foreword by Nadine Gordimer- ""These pieces are meditations which echo that which was, has been, and is the writer Mahfouz. They are--in the words of the title of one of the prose pieces--'The Dialogue of the Late Afternoon' of his life. I don't believe any autobiography, with its inevitable implication of self-presentation, could have matched what we have here.""

With more than 500,000 copies of his books in print, Naguib Mahfouz has established a following of readers for whom Echoes of an Autobiography provides a unique opportunity to catch an intimate glimpse into the life and mind of this magnificent storyteller.

Here, in his first work of nonfiction ever to be published in the United States, Mahfouz considers the myriad perplexities of existence, including preoccupations with old age, death, and life's transitory nature.

A surprising and delightful departure from his bestselling and much-loved fiction, this unusual and thoughtful book is breathtaking evidence of the fact that Naguib Mahfouz is not only a ""storyteller of the first order"" (Vanity Fair), but also a profoundthinker of the first order.

By: Naguib Mahfouz
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Anchor Books ed
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 127g
ISBN: 9780385485562
ISBN 10: 0385485565
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 29 December 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

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.

Reviews for Echoes of an Autobiography

"""A haunting commonplace book of tranquil wisdom.""--Kirkus Reviews ""This mosaic of autobiographical vignettes, reflections, allegories, childhood memories, dream visions, and Sufi-like spiritual maxims and paradoxes is a deep pool of wisdom that confirms his stature as a writer of universal appeal.""--Publishers Weekly"