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The Dreams

by Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock
$8.90
The Dreams
The Dreams

Surreal snapshots from a master Egyptian storyteller.

If you're drawn to the realm where dream and reality blur, Naguib Mahfouz's "The Dreams" awaits. This collection of ultra-short stories distills Mahfouz's narrative magic, offering a tapestry of tales that are both intimately human and grandly mystical. The brevity of each piece means you can dive into a complete, thought-provoking world even on the shortest of breaks. It's not just a read; it's a glimpse into the ethereal, crafted by a Nobel laureate's lifetime of skill.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Dreams

by Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock
$8.90
ISBN: 9789774248665
Authors: Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Stock
Publisher: Amer Univ in Cairo Pr
Date of Publication: 2005-01-04
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.39
(rated by 1492 readers)

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In this new collection of his shortest short stories, the Egyptian Nobel laureate has reduced fictional form to its most essential level, while retaining his justifiably famous mastery of the storytelling art. A man finds that all the streets in this neighborhood have turned into a circus - but his joy at the sight changes to anger when he sees he cannot escape it anywhere, even in his own home. A group of lifelong friends meet to trade jokes in a familiar alley - only to face a sudden, deadly flood that echoes the revenge taken by an ancient Egyptian queen upon the men who murdered her husband. A girl from the dreamer’s childhood flies with him from his native lane on a cart drawn by a winged horse, to become a star in the firmament above the Great Pyramid. Such is the stuff of Naguib Mahfouz’s The Dreams - his first major work since a knife attack by a religious fanatic in 1994 left him unable to write for several years. First serialized in a Cairo magazine, The Dreams is a unique and haunting mixture of the deceptively quotidian, the seductively lyrical, and the savagely nightmarish - the richly condensed sum of more than nine decades of artistic genius and everyday experience.
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Surreal snapshots from a master Egyptian storyteller.

If you're drawn to the realm where dream and reality blur, Naguib Mahfouz's "The Dreams" awaits. This collection of ultra-short stories distills Mahfouz's narrative magic, offering a tapestry of tales that are both intimately human and grandly mystical. The brevity of each piece means you can dive into a complete, thought-provoking world even on the shortest of breaks. It's not just a read; it's a glimpse into the ethereal, crafted by a Nobel laureate's lifetime of skill.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.