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The Devil Turns Preacher: Eight One-Act Plays

The Devil Turns Preacher: Eight One-Act Plays

Mahfouz, Naguib
Enany, Sarah
Selaiha, Nehad

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Fiction AnthologiesPlays

ISBN10: 1649035284
ISBN13: 9781649035288
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: Aug 18 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

To mark twenty years since the death of Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz, his only collection of plays are to be published worldwide in English for the first time

Naguib Mahfouz is a literary icon, and the only Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He has been celebrated across the globe for his novels and short stories, which have been translated into over forty languages. But what is not known by many is that he made a foray into drama: he wrote eight one-act plays in the 1960s and 1970s. They were performed in Cairo at the time and then largely forgotten - overtaken by his immensely successful fiction writing.

These forgotten gems showcase Mahfouz's bold storytelling and mastery of suspense and pace. Eclectic in their dramatic style and suggesting far-reaching dramatic influences from Ionesco to Camus to Beckett. They are filled with political subtext and symbolize, in dramatic form, a monumental period in Egyptian history, including war with Israel and the death of Nasserism.

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