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	BOOKS BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ: 'The Cairo Trilogy' 1956-1957 The three novels in this trilogy, Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), are named after three areas in the Egyptian city of Cairo.
	The Harafish 1977
ON NAGUIB MAHFOUZ'S BOOKSHELF Ulysses James Joyce, 1922 'Great writers often seem to haunt their cities. Joyce and Kafka remain ghostly figures on the streets of Dublin and Prague, and the elfin presence of Borges is still glimpsed in the cafés of Buenos Aires. In the ancient city of Cairo, it is Naguib Mahfouz who does the haunting.' - The Economist, 2006 The Bible 40 different authors, ca. 1450 B.C. - ca. 95 A.D. Children of the Alley, an unmistakeably Biblical parable, depicts average Egyptians living the lives of Cain and Abel, Moses, and Jesus - to name a few (see also The Koran). 'La Comédie Humaine' Honoré de Balzac, 1830-1850 Mahfouz was often called the 'Balzac of Egypt', because of his vivid portraits of Cairenes and their social, political and religious dilemmas. Arabian Nights: Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night Anonymous, 14e eeuw 'In Search of Lost Time' Marcel Proust, 1913-1927 Oliver Twist Charles Dickens, 1837-1838 The Outsider Albert Camus, 1942 Mahfouz often spoke of his admiration for the French author, whose existential influence - the sense of alienation from family, friends, and society - is particularly apparent in Mahfoez's The Thief and the Dogs. King Lear William Shakespeare, 1605 The Koran by followers of the prophet Mohammad, 7th century In Children of the Alley religious figures, including the Prophet Mohammed, are presented as human beings, much to the chagrin of orthodox believers throughout the Arab world (see also The Bible). War and Peace Leo N. Tolstoy, (1864-1869)	Children of the Alley 1959	WHAT TO READ AFTER CHILDREN OF THE ALLEY? BOOKS 'TO DIE FOR' Lajja: shame Taslima Nasrin, 1993 Gomorrah Roberto Saviano, 2006 The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie, 1988 City Without Jews Hugo Bettauer, 1922 Bestselling satire in which an Austrian chancellor expels the nation's Jews, after which all sorts of things start falling apart. Author Bettauer was murdered by a Nazi sympathizer. The Last Summer of Reason Tahar Djaout, 1999p IN CAIRO The Cairo House Samia Serageldin, 2000 Woman at Point Zero Nawal El Saadawi, 1983 The Yacoubian Building Alaa al Aswany, 2004 Zayni Barakat Gamal al-Ghitani, 1985 Diary of a Country Prosecutor Tawfik al-Hakim, 1937 RELIGIOUS ALLEGORY The Slave Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1962 Lord of the Flies William Golding, 1954 The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan, 1678 The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri, 1308-1321 Desire Hugo Claus, 1978
	Arabian Nights and Days 1982
	The Thief and the Dogs 1961
	Miramar 1967
	The Beginning and the End 1949
	Adrift on the Nile 1966
	Cairo Modern 1945
	The Search 1964
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