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      Respected Sir

      by Naguib Mahfouz
      Published
      Jul 1990
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      200
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      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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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      First Edition Jul 1990 Anchor ISBN13 9780385264808 ISBN10 0385264801
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      Dec 2001 Anchor ISBN13 9780385498364 ISBN10 0385498365
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      Jan 1986 Quartet Books (UK) ISBN13 9780704325968 ISBN10 0704325969
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      Aug 1990 Doubleday ISBN13 9780385264792 ISBN10 0385264798
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      Jun 2016 Knopf ISBN13 9780525431671 ISBN10 0525431675
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      Jun 2016 Anchor ISBN10 B01GBAJRHE
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