{"product_id":"autumn-quail","title":"Autumn Quail","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAutumn Quail\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNaguib Mahfouz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780385264549\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAnchor\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1990\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1st Doubleday Ed\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e172\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThree By Mahfouz represents a comprehensive collection of Mahfouz's work on twentieth-century life. These novels, previously published separately by Anchor, are meditations on the vicissitudes of post-Revolution Egypt. While they are diverse in style and narrative technique, together they render a vision of modern culture that is rich, nuanced, and utterly unique -- both specific to the Middle East and with implications for the universal dilemmas of contemporary life.\u003cp\u003e\"The Beggar\" is a complex tale of alienation and despair. Unable to achieve psychological renewal in the aftermath of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs that intensify his feelings of estrangement. A passionate outcry against irrelevance, and a masterful work of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased from jail in post-revolutionary times, the hero of \"The Thief And The Dogs\" blames an unjust society for his ill fortune, reverting to old, thieving habits, and eventually bringing himself to destruction in a cruel world that denies him redemption even when his cold heart is eventually softened by love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Autumn Quail\" is a tale of moral responsibility, alienation, and political downfall featuring a corrupt young bureaucrat, Isa ad-Dabbagh, who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt. Mahfouz presents a remarkable portrait of the clash between past and present, a portrait that is ultimately an optimistic one in which the two will peacefully coexist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Autumn Quail | Naguib Mahfouz | Paperback | 9780385264549 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks C 1780651","offer_id":49948544893080,"sku":"1780651","price":11.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/21YVVR3A8JL.jpg?v=1789794931","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/autumn-quail","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}