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An edition of قصر الشوق (1957)

Palace of Desire

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Continuing the story of al-Sayyid Ahmad and his family, this is a fascinating look at Egypt in the 1920s. Increased personal freedoms mix tenuously with traditions of family control, as two of Ahmad's sons court alluring women.

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Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
422

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Fiction, Protected DAISY, Accessible book, In library, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Cairo (egypt), fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Egypt, fiction, Fiction, general, Comics & graphic novels, general, Fiction, family life, general, Marriage, fiction, Father and child, fiction, Divorced people, fiction, Arabic fiction, Translations into English, Bourgeoisie, Romans, Egypte, Musulmans
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Cairo (Egypt), Egypt, Egypte

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Cover of: قصر الشوق
قصر الشوق
2011, Dar Al Shorouk
in Arabic
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Le palais du désir
2001, J.-C. Lattès
Mass Market Paperback in French
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Cover of: Paleis van verlangen
Paleis van verlangen
1997, De Geus
in Dutch - 2e dr.
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Palace of desire
1997, American University in Cairo Press
in English
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Palace of desire
1997, American University in Cairo Press
in English
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Palace of desire
1992, Anchor Books
in English - 1st Anchor Books ed.
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Palace of desire
1992, Anchor Books
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Palace of desire
1991, Doubleday
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Palace of Desire
December 1, 1990, Doubleday
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Le palais du désir: [roman]
1989, J.-C. Lattès
in French
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First Sentence

"Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad closed the door behind him and crossed the courtyard of his house by the pale light of the stars."

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Open Library
OL7438440M
ISBN 10
0385264674
ISBN 13
9780385264679
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146487
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893767

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