The Cairo Trilogy - Naguib Mahfouz, William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E Kenny, Lorne M Kenney, Angele Botros Samaan

Written by Naguib Mahfouz, William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E Kenny, Lorne M Kenney, Angele Botros Samaan
Read by Robert Blumenfield, Gordon Gould
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 96 Kbps
Unabridged

[Translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E Kenny, Lorne M Kenney, Angele Botros Samaan]

The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence.

This series (and torrent) consists of the following books:

1 - Palace Walk

Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins

Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons—the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. The family’s trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two world wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries.

2 - Palace of Desire

Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins

Palace of Desire follows the Al Jawad family into the awakening world of the 1920’s and the sometimes violent clash between Islamic ideals, personal dreams and modern realities. Having given up his vices after his son’s death, ageing patriarch Al-Sayyid Ahmad pursues an arousing lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. His rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination as they test the loosening reins of societal and parental control. And Ahmad’s youngest son, in an unforgettable portrayal of unrequited love, ardently courts the sophisticated daughter of a rich Europeanised family.

3 - Sugar Street

Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins

Sugar Street, the third and concluding volume of the Cairo Trilogy, brings the story of Al-Sayid Ahmad and his family up to the middle of the twentieth century. Aging and ill, the family patriarch surveys the world from his housewares’s latticed balcony, as his long-suffering wife once did. While his children face middle age, it is through his grandsons that we see a modern Egypt emerging.

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