Thebes at War

Naguib Mahfouz

Dec 2007 · Sold by Anchor

About this ebook

Known and loved throughout Egypt as a work that celebrates the national character, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s Thebes at War tells of a high point in Egyptian history–ancient Egypt’s defeat of Asiatic foreigners who had dominated northern Egypt for two hundred years.

With a visit from a court official and a provocative insult, the southern pharaoh’s long simmering resentment boils over, leading him to commit himself and his heirs to an epic struggle for the throne. Filled with the grand clash of armies, staggering defeats, daring escapes, and glorious victories, and written at a time when Egypt was again under the sway of foreign powers, Thebes at War is a resounding call to remember Egypt’s long and noble history.

Ratings and reviews

An amazing book that makes us travel to the amazing ancient Egypt , A true story about the struggle for dignity , his film considered the first treatment for the true story of ( the struggle of Thebes) for the great novelist (Najeeb Mahfouz) recounts the time of ancient Egypt in the Pharaonic age, The era of the modern dynasty 17 in 1550 BC. And witnessed the events of this era and the national resistance against the invaders, occupiers shepherds barbarians savages Hyksos after the occupation that lasted about 160 years to northern Egypt while the south represented in Upper Egypt and Nubia .

About the author

Naguib Mahfouz was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient myths to subtle commentaries on contemporary Egyptian politics and culture. Of his many works, most famous is The Cairo Trilogy, consisting of Palace Walk (1956), Palace of Desire (1957), and Sugar Street (1957), which focuses on a Cairo family through three generations, from 1917 until 1952. In 1988, he was the first writer in Arabic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in August 2006.