Title: Palace Walk

Author: Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian)

Translator: Zhu Kai

Publisher: Sino-Culture Press

Edition: 1st Edition, March 2019

Format: Hardcover, 16 - mo

Printed Sheets: 33

Word Count: 470,000 words

ISBN: 9787507549737

Price: 68.00 CNY

The "Cairo Trilogy" (including Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street) vividly, exquisitely, and profoundly portrays the ideological states, ethics, and love disputes of numerous characters through the life changes of three generations of the family of Ahmed Abdel Jawad, an Egyptian merchant. It presents readers with a magnificent historical panorama of Egyptian society from the 1920s to the 1940s, serving as a "history of human relationships and customs" in Egypt.

The story of Palace Walk takes place from 1917 to 1919. It begins with the scene of the mother waiting for the father to return late at night, revealing the different personalities of the parents - the father, as the head of an old - fashioned family, is tyrannical and overbearing, while the mother, as an old - fashioned woman, is submissive and compliant. The author meticulously depicts the daily life of this family composed of the father, mother, and their five children.

Naguib Mahfouz is an Egyptian writer and the most renowned novelist in the contemporary Arab world. In 1988, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first Arabic - speaking writer to receive this honor. The reason for the award is that "through his numerous works with meticulous portrayals, all - penetrating realism, and the inspiration of people to set high aspirations, he has formed an Arabic language art appreciated by all mankind." His first three historical novels, Mockery of Fate, Radubis, and The Battle of Abydos, all express patriotism. From the 1940s to the 1950s, it was Mahfouz's realistic creation stage, during which he published four novels exposing social darkness and calling for social change: New Cairo, Khan el - Khalili, Midaq Alley, and Beginning and End. The trilogy of Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street, marking the peak of his novel - writing, is widely regarded as a milestone in the history of Arab novels. After that, he also published works such as The Thief and the Dogs, The Search, The Beggar, Conversations on the Nile, Children of Gebelawi, The Harafish, and Arabian Nights and Days.

Zhu Kai is a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University. He has long been engaged in the teaching and research of Arabic language and literature, as well as Arab - Islamic culture. His works and translations mainly include Heritage and Integration: Arab Culture, Arabic Language, Palace Walk, and A History of Arab - Islamic Culture. His works have won the Excellent Achievements Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of the State Education Commission, the Excellent Achievements Award in Social Sciences of Beijing, and the National Excellent Foreign Literature Book Award of the National Press and Publication Administration.