First published in Arabic in 1933, 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. This is a trail-blazing political novel that illustrates the way one man's spiritual awakening ties in with the political awakening of a nation.

The 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

About the Author
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) is considered one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century Arabic literature and Return of the Spirit is one of Egypt's most important novels. Al-Hakim is also known as the founder of modern Egyptian drama.

Reviews
"Return of the Spirit I believe marked the true birth of the Arabic novel...[it] was a bombshell."
-Naguib Mahfouz



Book Information
ISBN 9780143133971
Author Tawfiq al-Hakim
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 287g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 17mm