Palace of Desire (Arabic: قصر الشوق, romanized: Qaṣr ash-Shūq) is a novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, and the second installment of Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy. It was originally published in Arabic in 1957.
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| Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
|---|---|
| Original title | قصر الشوق |
| Translator | William M. Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, Lorne Kenny |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Modern Standard Arabic |
| Series | Cairo Trilogy |
| Genre | Novel, family saga, historical fiction |
| Set in | Cairo, 1924–27 |
| Publisher | Maktabat Misr |
Publication date | 1957 |
Published in English | 1991 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| OCLC | 732293340 |
| 892.736 | |
| LC Class | PJ7846.A46 Q313 |
| Preceded by | Palace Walk |
| Followed by | Sugar Street |
The plot continues the story of al-Sayyid Ahmad's family as the patriarch loosens his once strangling grip of control over his wife and children. His sons grapple with love and loss and their place in the changing world of colonial Egypt. The father is forced to confront his age and difficulties that come with having adult children you can no longer control.
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