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Children of the Alley: A Novel by Mahfouz, Naguib is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Children Of The Alley, by Mahfouz, Naguib The history of a Cairo alley through several generations. Successive heroes struggle to restore the rights of the people to the trust fund set up by their ancestor Gebelaawi, usurped by embezzlers and tyrants. Mahfouz creates in all its detail a world on the frontier between the real and the imaginary. At a deeper level, the book is an allegory whose heroes relive the lives of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Moses, Jesus and Muhammed. Their appearance in a modern context invites the reader to see them as human beings relevant to the present day, not as remote sacred figures - to the consternation of some traditionalists. Most controversial is the significance of Gebelaawi, the immensely long-lived patriarch. Mahfouz himself has said that his character represents 'not God, but a certain idea of God that men have made', standing for the god of those who forget the absolute transcendence of God affirmed by Islam.All Identifiers : goodreads:5490, isbn:9780385264730, mobi-asin:B01GBAJR9WRecord ID : TEMPLATE ERROR Value: unknown field idSorted Author by LN, FN: Mahfouz, NaguibNumber of Formats : 0Uncomma Author : Naguib MahfouzSingle Author : Mahfou

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Author
Mahfouz, Naguib
Publisher
Anchor Books
Published
1959
Language
EN
ISBN
9780525431589
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.1 / 5 (1,020 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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