The Mirage — Naguib Mahfouz (1948)

Authors : Naguib Mahfouz

Genres : roman

Original language : arabe

Editions

  • Actes Sud / Sindbad, 1948 fr

The Mirage (السراب), published in 1948 under the French title Les Fantômes fleuris, explores the intellectual life of Cairo in the 1940s. Through the reflections of a young intellectual, Mahfouz paints a critical portrait of the era.