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 • Gifted Voice Performer • Insightful Characters • Engaging Subplots
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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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I absolutely loved this story. I was assigned to read this as an English major in the 1990s at the University of Texas. However, I dropped the class, and so the book just stayed on my shelf for 30 years. I was so excited to find it on audible. I really wish they would finish recording and producing the trilogy. The author was brilliant in his ability to imagine the inner lives of all of the members of the family. His love of Cairo and Egyptians is immensely powerful.

The narrator is very gifted at performing the voices of about 10 to 12 people, including women.

Amazing story, well read!

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@Audible you must record the next two books too! They are too good to keep from us!

I want the next one

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I didn’t think I was going to like it at first. But the story and characters grew on me. I felt like I was right there with them. I’m glad I persisted snd finished.

A great way to learn about early 20th century Egypt

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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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A wonderful portrayal of people living in the Palace Walk district of Cairo in the early 20th century. So well written by a master storyteller. I now better understand people living in the Middle East. I cannot wait to read book 2 in the trilogy.

Egypt’s Dickens

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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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A timeless story never to be forgotten, beautifully told and brilliantly performed and brought to life.

Faultless

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