Autumn Quail

by Naguib Mahfouz and Najib Mahfuz

John Rodenbeck (Editor) and Professor Roger Allen (Translator)

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This is a tale of moral responsibility, alienation and political downfall featuring a corrupt young bureaucrat, Isa ad-Dabbagh, who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt. This is the conflict is between his emotional instincts and his acceptance of the Revolution.
  • ISBN10 0385264534
  • ISBN13 9780385264532
  • Publish Date 1 July 1990
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Imprint Doubleday Books
  • Edition Doubleday ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 172
  • Language English