The Thief and the Dogs, author: Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz did not present through "The Thief and the Dogs" an ordinary human character who was led to theft by circumstances, but a character of one of those with sick minds filled with violent thinking that makes him hate, rebel, and always think of revenge. And he also did not practice theft except with an idea that justifies this theft and fully explains it. Bad coincidence plays its role in the tragedy of the hero "Said Mahran," where he tries to kill his enemies in revenge for their betrayal of him, and he succeeds in killing but the enemies escape from him and innocent people suffer badly. Thus, the hero falls into a bitter misfortune from which there is no escape, until the last catastrophe befalls him without healing his soul and without scratching those who made his tragedy from the beginning. Number of pages: 137