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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