Voices from the Other World

Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz reaches back millennia to his homelands majestic past in this enchanting collection of early tales that brings the world of ancient Egypt face to face with our own times.. From the Predynastic Period where a cabal of entrenched rulers banish virtue in jealous defense of their status to the Fifth Dynasty where a Pharaoh returns from an extended leave to find that only his dog has remained loyal to the twentieth century where a mummy from the Eighteenth Dynasty awakens in fury to reproach a modern Egyptian nobleman for his arrogance these five stories conduct timeless truths over the course of thousands of years. Summoning the power and mystery of a legendary civilization they examplify the artistry that has made Mahfouz among the most revered writers in world literature.. Translated by Raymond Stock