The Time and the Place: And Other StoriesSelected and translated by the distinguished scholar Denys Johnson-Daivies, these stories have all the celebrated and distinctive characters and qualities found in Mahfouz's novels: The denizens of the dark, narrow alleyways of Cairo, who struggle to survive the poverty; melancholy ruminations on death; experiments with the supernatural; and witty excursions into Cairene middle-class life. |
Contents
The Conjurer Made Off with the Dish | 15 |
The Time and the Place | 28 |
The Ditch | 48 |
The Lawsuit | 69 |
A Day for Saying Goodbye | 85 |
The Man and the Other Man 1 | 117 |
His Majesty | 134 |
Fear | 138 |
A Fugitive from Justice | 157 |
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