SEARCHINSIDE!The Cairo Trilogy(published 1955-1957)is a taleof the lives of a Muslim familyand spansthefirsthalfof the20thcentury.Each book in the trilogy wasSEARCHINSIDE!named after a suburb of Cairo.The firstPalace Walk was set during the Britishoccupation of Egypt early in the centuryThe second,Palace of Desire coveredthechanging times ofthe 1920s.Thethird book,Sugar Street brings thePALACEDESIRESEARCHINSIDE!"family into the mid 20th century.Inthisfinal part the head of the family is nowoldandfrail (weak).He surveys theworld while the main story centers onthe grandsonsGAR STREET
The Cairo Trilogy (published 1955-1957) is a tale of the lives of a Muslim family and spans the first half of the 20th century. Each book in the trilogy was named after a suburb of Cairo. The first, Palace Walk was set during the British occupation of Egypt early in the century. The second, Palace of Desire covered the changing times of the 1920s. The third book, Sugar Street brings the family into the mid 20th century. In this final part the head of the family is now old and frail（weak). He surveys the world while the main story centers on the grandsons
Works of his second writing periodThe Children of GebelawiTha(1959)deneThe Thief and the DogsATt(1961)AutumnQOuail(1962)Small Talkonthe NileSEARCHINSIDE!(1966)Miramar(1967)Mirumar
Works of his second writing period • The Children of Gebelawi (1959) • The Thief and the Dogs (1961) • Autumn Quail (1962) • Small Talk on the Nile (1966) • Miramar (1967)
The picture of the world as it emergesfrom the bulk of Mahfouz's work is verygloomy indeed, though not completelydisappointing. It shows that theauthor's social utopia is far frombeing realized
• The picture of the world as it emerges from the bulk of Mahfouz’s work is very gloomy indeed, though not completely disappointing. It shows that the author’s social utopia is far from being realized
Mahfouz seems to conceive of time as aforce of oppression. His novels haveconsistently shown time as the bringerof change, and change as a very painfulprocess, and very often time is notcontent until it has dealt his heroesthe final blow of death
• Mahfouz seems to conceive of time as a force of oppression. His novels have consistently shown time as the bringer of change, and change as a very painful process, and very often time is not content until it has dealt his heroes the final blow of death
To sum up, in Mahfouz's darkdescription of the world there are onlytwo bright spots. These consist ofman's continuing struggle for equalityon the one hand and the promise ofscientific progress on the other;meanwhile, life is a tragedy
• To sum up, in Mahfouz’s dark description of the world there are only two bright spots. These consist of man's continuing struggle for equality on the one hand and the promise of scientific progress on the other; meanwhile, life is a tragedy