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Rhadopis of Nubia a novel of Ancient Egypt

Pharaoh Merenra II embarks on a passionate love affair with the beautiful courtesan Rhadopis, unaware of the growing resentment and intrigues of the world around them, in the story of a doomed romance set against the backdrop of Sixth Dynasty Egypt.

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Main Author: Mahfouz, Naguib, 1911-2006
Other Authors: Calderbank, Anthony (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New York : Anchor Books, 2005.
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Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C. > Fiction.
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Summary:Pharaoh Merenra II embarks on a passionate love affair with the beautiful courtesan Rhadopis, unaware of the growing resentment and intrigues of the world around them, in the story of a doomed romance set against the backdrop of Sixth Dynasty Egypt.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : American University in Cairo Press, ©2003.
Physical Description:228 pages
ISBN:9781400076680
Author Notes: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.

Anthony Calderbank is the translator of Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim and two novels by Miral al-Tahawy, The Tent and Blue Aubergine.

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