by Naguib Mahfuz · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423332014
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«Miramar» is the historical novel by Naguib Mahfuz, published by Destino in paperback (283 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in the Miramar pension in Alexandria during the 1960s. The owner, the Greek Mariana, and her servant Zohra are the center of tensions among the guests, who compete for their attention. The plot is narrated four times from the point of view of different residents, revealing the contradictions of Egyptian society after the revolution.
Originally published in 1967. Spanish edition translated by Isabel Hervás Jávega, number 885 in the Áncora y Delfín collection.
For readers of literary fiction and Arabic narrative, interested in post-revolution Egypt.
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance – now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous – has formed an Egyptian narrative art that applies to all mankind".
