North Africa
Egypt
Post-colonial
Arabic
Fiction
First volume of Mahfouz's epic trilogy, following the al-Jawad family in Cairo between 1917-1919. The patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad rules his household despotically while engaging in the pleasures he denies his family.
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The cornerstone of Mahfouz's Nobel Prize-winning career; the most celebrated work of Arabic prose fiction
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editorial-summarynot primary textFirst volume of Mahfouz's epic trilogy, following the al-Jawad family in Cairo between 1917-1919. The patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad rules his household despotically while engaging in the pleasures he denies his family. The cornerstone of Mahfouz's Nobel Prize-winning career; the most celebrated work of Arabic prose fiction
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