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| Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
|---|---|
| Original title | ثرثرة فوق النيل |
| Translator | Frances Liardet (Doubleday, 1993 ed.) |
| Genre | Fiction, Literature, Egyptian Literature, Arabic Literature |
| Publisher | Dar Shorouq, Egypt |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 201 pp |
Adrift on the Nile (Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl, Arabic: ثرثرة فوق النيل)[1] is a 1966 book by Egyptian author and Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The novel was later made into a 1971 film, Chitchat on the Nile. It was translated from Arabic into English in 1993 by Frances Liardet and published by Doubleday.
The book follows Anis Zani who smokes kief every night with a group of friends on a houseboat on the Nile. Anis works as a civil servant but soon finds his life encumbered by his drug use. The book explores nihilism and spiritual emptiness.
- ^ Maḥfūẓ, Najīb. Adrift on the Nile. OCLC 1261623767.