Palace of Desire

Resumen del libro

Palace of Desire is the second volume of the celebrated Cairo Trilogy, in which the story of Al-Sayid Ahmad and his family is continued.


Here we find the ageing patriarch pursuing a sexually alluring lute-player - only to find she has married his eldest son. Meanwhile, the women of the family test the loosening reins of parental and societal domination and the idealistic younger son ardently courts a rich, sophisticated young woman, in an affecting portrayal of unrequited love that is in many ways a portrait of the young Mahfouz.