The Beggar The Thief and the Dogs Autumn Quail

Anchor proudly presents a new omnibus volume of three novels--previously published separately by Anchor--by Naguib Mahfouz winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Assembled here is a collection of Mahfouz''s artful meditations on the vicissitudes of post-Revolution Egypt. Diverse in style and narrative technique together they render a rich nuanced and universally resonant vision of modern life in the Middle East.. The Beggar is a complex tale of alienation and despair. In the aftermath of Nasser''s revolution a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs. Released from jail in post-Revolutionary times the hero ofThe Thief and the Dogs blames an unjust society for his ill fortune eventually bringing himself to destruction. Autumn Quail is a tale of moral responsibility isolation and political downfall about a corrupt bureaucrat who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 revolution in Egypt.