Rhadopis of Nubia / La Belle du Caire — Naguib Mahfouz (1943)

Authors : Naguib Mahfouz

Genres : roman

Original language : arabe

Editions

  • Actes Sud / Sindbad, 1943 fr

Rhadopis of Nubia (رادوبيس, Rādūbīs), published in 1943 under the French title La Belle du Caire, is set in Ptolemaic Egypt. The story retraces the passion between the courtesan Rhadopis and the young slave Masehniq, exploring the tensions between love and social status.

French Editions

  • La Belle du Caire — Gallimard / Folio, 2001, ISBN: 978-2-07-041686-8