About the book
'A master of both detailed realism and fabulous storytelling’ GUARDIAN
FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR – WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HISHAM MATAR
After an assassination attempt and in waning health, Naguib Mahfouz became more cautious in his twilight years. At the same time, in nightly dreams, his imagination began to roam his beloved city, Cairo, with a rare freedom.
In this collection of vivid vignettes linked together by the author’s precisely rendered nocturnal wanderings through Cairo, figures from Mahfouz’s personal life blend with his anxieties about Egypt’s political past and future.
Each dream is layered with philosophical and spiritual musings, hopes and disappointments. Over the course of the book, they build to a rich and complex picture of Mahfouz’s subconscious.
'The Arab world's foremost novelist' NEW YORK TIMES
'Freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'A towering literary figure' ECONOMIST
Editions of I Found Myself...The Last Dreams
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780241774137
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- ISBN 9781405980937
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- ISBN 9781405980944
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'A master of both detailed realism and fabulous storytelling’ GUARDIAN
FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR – WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HISHAM MATAR
After an assassination attempt and in waning health, Naguib Mahfouz became more cautious in his twilight years. At the same time, in nightly dreams, his imagination began to roam his beloved city, Cairo, with a rare freedom.
In this collection of vivid vignettes linked together by the author’s precisely rendered nocturnal wanderings through Cairo, figures from Mahfouz’s personal life blend with his anxieties about Egypt’s political past and future.
Each dream is layered with philosophical and spiritual musings, hopes and disappointments. Over the course of the book, they build to a rich and complex picture of Mahfouz’s subconscious.
'The Arab world's foremost novelist' NEW YORK TIMES
'Freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'A towering literary figure' ECONOMIST
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'A master of both detailed realism and fabulous storytelling’ GUARDIAN
FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR – WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HISHAM MATAR
After an assassination attempt and in waning health, Naguib Mahfouz became more cautious in his twilight years. At the same time, in nightly dreams, his imagination began to roam his beloved city, Cairo, with a rare freedom.
In this collection of vivid vignettes linked together by the author’s precisely rendered nocturnal wanderings through Cairo, figures from Mahfouz’s personal life blend with his anxieties about Egypt’s political past and future.
Each dream is layered with philosophical and spiritual musings, hopes and disappointments. Over the course of the book, they build to a rich and complex picture of Mahfouz’s subconscious.
'The Arab world's foremost novelist' NEW YORK TIMES
'Freshly nuanced and hauntingly lyrical' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'A towering literary figure' ECONOMIST
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in I Found Myself...The Last Dreams?
Fiction > Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book I Found Myself...The Last Dreams?
Hisham Matar, Naguib Mahfouz
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I Found Myself...The Last Dreams is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780241774137) and paperback(ISBN 9781405980937) and ebook(ISBN 9781405980944)
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