The Beginning and the End
By Naguib Mahfouz
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- Release Date: 1989-09-20
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
First published in 1956, this is a powerful portrayal of a middle-class Egyptian family confronted by material, moral, and spiritual problems during World War II.