内容简介
Thesecondvolumeofthehighlyacclaimed"CairoTrilogyfromthewinneroftheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Filledwithcompellingdrama,earthyhumor,andremarkableinsight,"PalaceOfDesireistheunforgettablestoryoftheviolentclashbetweenidealsandrealities,dreamsanddesires.
作者简介
NaguibMahfouzwasborninCairoin1911andbeganwritingwhenhewasseventeen.Astudentofphilosophyandanavidreader,hehasbeeninfluencedbymanyWesternwriters,includingFlaubert,Balzac,Zola,Camus,Tolstoy,Dostoevsky,and,aboveall,Proust.Hehasmorethanthirtynovelstohiscredit,rangingfromhisearliesthistoricalromancestohismostrecentexperimentalnovels.In1988,MrMahfouzwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.HelivesintheCairosuburbofAgouzawithhiswifeandtwodaughters.