Return of the Spirit: A Novel
Tawfiq al-Hakim, translated by William Maynard Hutchins| | | ISBN: 978-0-89410-425-1
$35.00 |
| ISBN: 978-0-89410-426-8
$16.50 |
| 1990/288 pages |
DESCRIPTION
Al-Hakim’s first novel tells the story of a young patriotic Egyptian artist in 1918-1919 Egypt. For some critics, this remains al-Hakim’s greatest novel, synthesizing Western and Islamic cultural and philosophical systems and treating issues of social justice, changing mores, and religious conflicts. First published in Arabic in 1933.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tawfiq al-Hakim is Egypt’s most famous playwright, as well as one of its most important essayists and novelists. His clear and unaffected style has contributed to the formation of modern Arabic. William M. Hutchins, principal translator of Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy, is professor of Islamic Studies at Appalachian State University.
"It will assuredly serve to enhance Tawfiq al-Hakim’s already outstanding reputation in the West. Return of the Spirit should appeal to a wide and varied readership.” —John Haywood, World Literature Today
“Al-Hakim was breaking new ground by incorporating the everyday Egyptian dialect into serious prose.” —Michael W. Albin, Digest of Middle East Studies