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Originally written in 1971 and published in 1974, this slender novel revolves around the proprietress and habitues of a Cairo cafe around the time of the 1967 "Six-Day War" (aka "the setback"). It's a very overtly political book, as the teenage "children of the revolution" find themselves repeatedly imprisoned and tortured. Mahfouz is directly questioning how the country has lost its way from the ideals of independence to the disaster of 1967, and what options really exist for the future. It's a
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Mar 28, 2016
Oana
marked it as to-read
Mar 06, 2018
Terri
marked it as around-the-world
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