The beginning and the end / Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Ramses Awad ; edited by Mason Rossiter Smith.

With this realistic 1949 novel, Najib Mahfouz reveals to Western readers the woes of a petit bourgeois family thrust into poverty in WW II Cairo. The Kamels' private battles, relayed here in engrossing detail, are a microcosm of the Egyptian nation's birth pangs in gaining independence. Wh...

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Main Author: Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.
Other Authors: ʻAwaḍ, Ramsīs., Smith, Mason Rossiter, 1909-
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New York : Doubleday, 1989.
Edition:First Doubleday edition.
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Call Number: PJ7846.A46 B513 1989
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