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.

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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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palace of Desire follows Palace Walk
Arabic literature hasNotableWork Palace Walk
The Cairo Trilogy hasPart Palace Walk
Palace of Desire hasPrequel Palace Walk
Naguib Mahfouz notableWork Palace Walk