Animals at Rest

by Susanne Riha

Naguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story. After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567114253
• ISBN13: 9781567114256
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Blackbirch Press
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.8" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6