Bibliograph

Children of the alley, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Peter Theroux

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Children of the alley, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Peter Theroux

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Children of the alley

Oclc number

36167196

Responsibility statement

Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Peter Theroux

Summary

The tale of a Mafia-like don in Egypt. He lives in a mansion in Cairo, uphill at the end of an alley whose inhabitants he exploits. He is the patriarch of a large family whose wealth comes from dealing in drugs and various protection rackets. While family members jockey for power, the people below live in squalor, dreaming of the revolutionary heroes their poverty produced. An expose of injustice in Egypt by a Nobel Prize winner and author of 30 novelsThe tumultuous alley of this rich and intricate novel (first published in Arabic in 1959) is inhabited by a delightful Egyptian family, but is also the setting for a second, hidden, and more daring narrative: the spiritual history of humankind. The men and women of a modern Cairo neighborood unwittingly reenact the lives of their holy ancestors: from the feudal lord who disowns one son for diabolical pride and puts another to the test, to the savior of a succeeding generation who frees his people from bondage

Table Of Contents

Adham -- Gabal -- Rifaa -- Qassem -- Arafa

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