Descended from West African kings and healers, raised in theturbulence of Guinea in the 1960s, Kadiatou Diallo was married offat the age of thirteen and bore her first child when she wassixteen. Twenty-three years later, that child–a gentle, innocentyoung man named Amadou Diallo–was gunned down without cause on thestreets of New York City. Now Kadi Diallo tells the astonishing,inspiring story of her life, her loss, and the defiant strength shehas always found within.
From the Foreword by Nadine Gordimer: "These pieces aremeditations which echo that which was, has been, and is the writerMahfouz. They are--in the words of the title of one of the prosepieces--'The Dialogue of the Late Afternoon' of his life. I don'tbelieve any autobiography, with its inevitable implication ofself-presentation, could have matched what we have here." With more than500,000 copies of his books in print, Naguib Mahfouz hasestablished a following of readers for whom Echoes of anAutobiography provides a unique opportunity to catch anintimate glimpse into the life and mind of this magnificentstoryteller. Here, in his first work of nonfiction ever to bepublished in the United States, Mahfouz considers the myriadperplexities of existence, including preoccupations with old age,death, and life's transitory nature. A surprising and delightfuldeparture from his bestselling and much-loved fiction, this unusualand thoughtful book is breathtaking evidence of the fact thatNaguib Mahfouz is not onl
