{"product_id":"return-of-the-spirit","title":"Return of The Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eABOUT RETURN OF THE SPIRIT\u003cbr\u003eThe celebrated, revolutionary novel from a pioneering Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, now for the first time in Penguin Classics with a foreword by Egyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Arabic in 1933, Egyptian playwright and novelist Tawfiq Al-Hakim’s Return of the Spirit follows a patriotic young Egyptian and his extended family as they grapple with the events leading up to the 1919 Egyptian revolution against British rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE\u003cbr\u003e“Return of the Spirit I believe marked the true birth of the Arabic novel…[it] was a bombshell.”\u003cbr\u003e⁠—Naguib Mahfouz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim (October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) (Arabic: توفيق الحكيم ‎ Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67716839440704,"sku":"71928","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/6664\/7616\/files\/return-of-the-spirit-38.jpg?v=1791319532","url":"https:\/\/jarirbooksusa.com\/products\/return-of-the-spirit","provider":"Jarir Books USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}