{"product_id":"0385264682","title":"Palace of Desire: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe Second Volume Of The Highly Acclaimed \u003ci\u003ecairo Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e From The Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature. Filled With Compelling Drama, Earthy Humor, And Remarkable Insight, \u003ci\u003epalace Of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e Is The Unforgettable Story Of The Violent Clash Between Ideals And Realities, Dreams And Desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\npublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003ea Sanctimonious Tyrant Of A Father Discovers That His Mistress, Whom He Keeps On A Houseboat, Is Secretly Married To His Dissolute, Just-divorced Son. Nobel Prize-winning Novelist Mahfouz Pulls Off A Daring Plot With Gleeful Dramatic Irony In This, The Second Volume Of His Cairo Trilogy. Al-sayyid Ahmad, The Bullying, Pompous, Belching, Self-adoring Patriarch First Met In Palace Walk , Reduces Wife Amina To A Tireless Domestic Beast Of Burden Given To ``angry Spells.'' Another Son, Sensitive Idealist Kamal, Who Idolizes The Father He Fears, Plays Out A Mad, Unrequited, Pathetic Crush On A Haughty Aristocratic Woman. The Narrative Simmers With Domestic Turmoil, Feuding In-laws, Political Talk Of Egypt's Quest For Independence In The 1920s, Women In A Male-dominated Society Committing Acts Of Self-assertion. A Masterpiece, Albeit A Wordy, Very Leisurely One, This Family Saga Is Well Served By A Scintillating Translation That Exposes English-language Readers To An Egyptian Balzac. (jan.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eUrban Life\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47429173084350,"sku":"0385264682-4","price":3.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/51YtpEQADpL._SL500.jpg?v=1779296953","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0385264682","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}