North Africa
Egypt
Post-colonial
Arabic
Fiction
The concluding volume spans the 1930s-40s, tracing the al-Jawad grandchildren as they embrace socialism, the Muslim Brotherhood, and sensual pleasure, mapping Egypt's fractured political soul on the eve of revolution.
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Completes one of world literature's great family sagas; Mahfouz called it the hardest to write
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editorial-summarynot primary textThe concluding volume spans the 1930s-40s, tracing the al-Jawad grandchildren as they embrace socialism, the Muslim Brotherhood, and sensual pleasure, mapping Egypt's fractured political soul on the eve of revolution. Completes one of world literature's great family sagas; Mahfouz called it the hardest to write
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