{"product_id":"morning-and-evening-talk-9780307455062","title":"Morning and Evening Talk","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Cairo Trilogy and \"a storyteller of the first order\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e) comes an epic novel that portrays five generations of one sprawling family against the upheavals of two centuries of modern Egyptian history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Cairo, \u003ci\u003eMorning and Evening Talk\u003c\/i\u003e traces three related families from the arrival of Napoleon to the 1980s, through short character sketches arranged in alphabetical order. This highly experimental device produces a kind of biographical dictionary, whose individual entries come together to paint a vivid portrait of life in Cairo from a range of perspectives. The characters include representatives of every class and human type and as the intricate family saga unfolds, a powerful picture of a society in transition emerges. This is a tale of change and continuity, of the death of a traditional way of life and the road to independence and beyond, seen through the eyes of Egypt's citizens. Naguib Mahfouz's last chronicle of Cairo is both an elegy to a bygone era and a tribute to the Egyptian spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307455062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.24w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naguib Mahfouz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774077300917,"sku":"9780307455062","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/morning-and-evening-talk-9780307455062","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}