Al-Sakariya - Publishing House

The third part of Naguib Mahfouz's famous trilogy, which many critics and literary specialists consider the best and most important Arab novel. The events of this part take place between the mid-1930s and the early 1940s, and witness the greatest number of transformations in the life of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad's family, where the heroes of the previous two parts recede into the background, either due to death or voluntary withdrawal from life, while the next generation takes the forefront after they have become young men, each with their own desires and orientations. They are participated in the story by "Kamal" from the position of observer of the transformations, always immersed in contemplating humans and events. The novel was published in 1957 and was adapted into cinema in 1973. For the best-selling books, click here.