The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfuz is undoubtably a masterpiece of modern literature. Comparable to the great Russian novels for the complexity of his round-characters, The Cairo Trilogy makes Mahfuz the best Egyptian novelist, able to unveil the secrets and contradiction of the Egyptian society.
Divided into three books – Palace Walk, [...]
Introduction
A grand colonialist future has been destroyed…But what on earth has taken its place? (Wattar, 2000 p. 84)
It is precisely to this question that The Earthquake by Tahir Wattar seeks to provide an answer. The polyphony of voices present in the novel frame a complex and contradictory picture, honestly close to the reality of the [...]
