BeforetheThrone
- 作者
- 出版社 KnopfDoubledayPublishingGroup
- 出版时间 2012年7月
- ISBN 9780307742568
- 定价 111.60
内容简介
NearlysixtyofEgypt’spastleaders—fromthetimeofthePharoahstothetwentiethcentury—aresummonedtojudgmentintheCourtofOsirisintheAfterlife,inthisextraordinarynovelbyNobelPrize–winningauthorNaguibMahfouz.BeforetheThronecallsforthaparadeofthosewhohaveshapedthemodernnationofEgypt—fromtherulerwhofirstunifiedEgyptin3000BCtoAnwarSadat,thepresidentassassinatedbyreligiousextremistsin1981,andincludingfiguresasvariousasthefamouspharaohRamessesIIandthemedievalvizierQaraqush.AstheydefendtheirdecisionsunderquestioningbyOsiris,Isis,andHorus,thosewhoactedforthenation’sgoodarehonoredwithimmortalityinparadisewhilethosewhofailedtoprotectitarecondemnedeithertotheinfernoorto“theplaceofinsignificance.”FullofMahfouz’suniqueinsightintohiscountry’stimelessqualities,thisprovocativeworkskillfullytracesfivethousandyearsofEgypt’spastasitflowsintotheturbulentpresent.TranslatedfromtheArabicbyRaymondStock,
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