Naguib Mahfouz

Nov 8, 2024 | readingmattersblog.com | Naguib Mahfouz

Fiction – paperback; Anchor Books; 176 pages; 1994. Translated from the Arabic by Frances Liardet. First published in 1966, Adrift on the Nile is by Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006). It’s a story about a group of disillusioned intellectuals in 1960s Cairo who gather on a houseboat to smoke, drink and party every night.

May 14, 2024 | eventbrite.co.uk | Naguib Mahfouz |Roger Allen

Meeting on the second Monday of each month and hosted byeditor, writer and founder of BookBlast Ltd, Georgia de Chamberet,The Translation Book Club discusses works of fiction in translation from around the world published in the last ten years. With the promise that the titles chosen by Georgia and Hatchards booksellers will be well-written, engaging storytelling, the book club aims to inspire reading for pleasure as well as illuminating cultures beyond our shores.