Palace Walk
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"Palace Walk" is a renowned novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, serving as the first book in his celebrated Cairo Trilogy that portrays a middle-class family's life in early 20th-century Cairo.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | Egyptian television series ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| awardedIndirectly | contributed to Naguib Mahfouz receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| depicts |
domestic life in a traditional household
ⓘ
urban life in Cairo ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Palace of Desire
ⓘ
Sugar Street ⓘ |
| followsInSeries | none ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasNobelLaureateAuthor | true ⓘ |
| languageStyle | realist prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Arabic realist novel ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a classic of modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aisha
ⓘ
Amina ⓘ Kamal ⓘ Khadija ⓘ Yasin ⓘ al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex characterization of family members
ⓘ
detailed portrayal of Cairo society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Between Two Palaces
ⓘ
surface form:
بين القصرين
|
| originalTitleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Cairo Trilogy ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | first novel of The Cairo Trilogy ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Maktabat Misr ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | first book in The Cairo Trilogy ⓘ |
| setDuringEvent | 1919 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Cairo ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I era
early 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Egyptian middle class
ⓘ
family life ⓘ gender roles ⓘ nationalism ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
authority and rebellion
ⓘ
conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Bayn al-Qasrayn ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.