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Rhadopis Of Nubia

by NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

2021-05-27 23:34:15

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Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz mines the riches of his homeland's ancient past in "Rhadopis of Nubia," an unforgettable love story set against the high politics of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty. While the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis is bathing, a falcon lift... Read more
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz mines the riches of his homeland's ancient past in "Rhadopis of Nubia," an unforgettable love story set against the high politics of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty.
While the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis is bathing, a falcon lifts one of her golden sandals and drops it into the lap of the Pharaoh Merenra II. Upon hearing Rhadopis described as "beauty itself," the young pharaoh decides to return Rhadopis's sandal himself. When the two meet, they are immediately seized by a passion far stronger than their ability to resist. Thus begins a love affair that makes them the envy of Egyptian society. But blinded by their love and the extravagant attentions they lavish on each other, they ignore the growing resentment of the world around them in this extraordinary tale of star-crossed love. Less

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Naguib Mahfouz
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Naguib Mahfouz (11 Dec 1911 – 30 Aug 2006) was an Egyptian writer who began writing when he was seventeen. His nearly forty novels and hundreds of short stories range from re-imaginings of ancient m...

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