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| House of the Wolf | |
| Author: | Ezzat el Kamhawi |
| Orig Lang Code: | ar |
| Translator: | Nancy Roberts |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Published: | First Edition: AUC Press 2013, Cairo |
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| Pages: | 272 |
| Awards: | Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature |
| Isbn: | 978-977-416-620-4 |
House of the Wolf (Bayt al-Deeb, ar|بيت الدِّيب) is Ezzat el Kamhawi's fourth novel and eighth book. It was first released in Arabic language in 2010 by Dar Al-Adab in Beirut.
In December 2012, el Kamhawi was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature award for this novel,[1] the English edition was released in 2013 by AUC Press.[2] The translation was done by Nancy Roberts.
In House of the Wolf el-Kamhawi deals with the lives of four generations of the Wolf (Al-Deeb) rural Egyptian family for more than one hundred and fifty years, monitoring the Egyptian and World history through the history of the family.
A novel of 272 pages of medium size, and thus is considered the biggest work for Ezzat el Kamhawi, a writer known for his intensive language. In the novel, history remains a reference in the background, while man stands unwavering in the face of history and his personal fate.