The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street; Introduction by Sabry Hafez (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series Book 248)

by Naguib Mahfouz

“Pleasure’s my recreation, but ascending rugged mountains is still my objective. Aïda’s gone. So I must create a new Aïda exemplifying everything she meant to me. Otherwise you should abandon life with no regrets.”