Palace Walk Cairo Trilogy

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"The first volume in the celebrated Cairo Trilogy."

"A sweeping and evocative portrait of both a family and a country struggling to move toward independence in a society that has resisted change for centuries. Set against the backdrop of Britain's occupation of Egypt immediately after World War I, Palace Walk introduces us to the Al Jawad family. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will."

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780552995801
Published: August 1994

Number of pages: 512
Width: 128 mm
Height: 192 mm
Depth: 38 mm

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd