Palace Walk Audiobook By Naguib Mahfouz, William Maynard Hutchins - translator, Olive E. Kenny - translator cover art

Palace Walk

Cairo Trilogy Series, Book 1

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Palace Walk

By: Naguib Mahfouz, William Maynard Hutchins - translator, Olive E. Kenny - translator
Narrated by: Neil Shah
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Book I of the masterful Cairo Trilogy. A national best seller in both hardcover and paperback, it introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s.

©1956 Naguib Mahfouz (P)2019 Tantor Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Sagas Urban
Masterful Storytelling • Rich Cultural Portrayal • Masterful Voice Performance • Engaging Subplots • Complex Characters

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it was well written and the narrator did a great job. I look forwardnto the rest of the books in the series

enjoyable listen

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Palace Walk is a very long and beautifully narrated story about a long suffering family led by a hypocritical, bully of a father in old world Egypt.
The cast of characters are masterfully revealed over long, lilting chapters that pull us in as horrified observers. There are scenes offering us humor, sadness, pain, revolution and redemption.
I rooted for so many of the main characters and loathe a few but, none are cartoonish, cardboard characters. These are real people struggling to maintain power, position and cultural beliefs. All are flawed just like all of us.
Once you get through the first few chapters, a rhythm develops and the beauty of the story unfolds.
Mahfouz was a gifted writer, a masterful storyteller, a brilliant observer of human foibles and, he had a keen sense of authentic dialogue delivery.
Give this book a try and you will receive a rich gift that lingers well past the final chapter. A Must listen.

Epic. Masterful Storytelling. A+

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Incredible novel, and now I’m determined to go on on parts 2 and 3. Modern Egypt is more known to me through the story of a family in 1918-1919. Artfully narrated.

First part of a world masterpiece

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I read this trilogy & loved it about 30 years ago, and hearing Palace Walk read aloud was even better. I hope Audible obtains the next two volumes, hopefully read by the same person.

Read brilliantly

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I enjoyed this 21h audiobook enormously. Outstanding story, very engaging, with several interesting subplots running perfectly coordinated and with great clarity. Naguib Mahfouz is a Nobel Prize Master indeed. The narration by Neil Shah is one of the best I ever heard. I highly recommend.

I loved “Palace Walk” and am so sad it is over!

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