Respected Sir by Naguib Mahfouz

Respected Sir

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  • Genre Literary Fiction
  • Publisher Anchor
  • Released
  • Size 2.69 MB
  • Length 198 Pages

Description

In Respected Sir, Mahfouz retells a familiar theme—vaulting ambition—in a powerful and religious metaphor. Othman Bayuumi's humble origins do not stop him from coveting the Director-Generalship of the governmental department he has entered as an archives clerk. It is a vision that becomes a lifelong pursuit, superseding all other interests or people in his life. What is essentially a prosaic experience becomes—in Mahfouz's hands—a beautifully crafted story of an exalted and arduous holy quest.

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