The Forster–Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban" in the heart of the

in the heart of the Nile Delta

the explorers seek help from new allies

The old streets of the Cairo Trilogy and the microcosmic cul-de-sac of Midaq Alley become fictional characters as fascinating as the human ones for Naguib Mahfouz

Psychologists and neuroscientists tell us

and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry

The Forster–Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban" in the heart of thePeter JeffreysThe English novelist E. M. Forster and the GreekAlexandrian poet C. P. Cavafy met when Forster was working for the Red Cross in Alexandria during the First World War. Their subsequent correspondence bears witness to a complex relationship and serves as a fascinating testament to Forsters relentless determination to promote Cavafy by bringing out an English translation of his work. The letters also chronicle Cavafys calculated refusal to