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"Sugar Street", the climactic conclusion to Mafhouz's masterpiece trilogy, is the captivating portrait of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt. As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes. But through Ahamd's three grandsons we see modern how Egypt takes shape. One grandson is a communist activist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, both working for what they believe will be a better world. And Ridwan, the inheritor of his father's charms, launches a political career aided by a homosexual affair with prominent politician.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Sugar Street
• Author: Naguib Mahfouz
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780552995825
• ISBN: 0552995827
• ID: 04098662
• Publisher: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
• Weight: 230 g
• Dimensions: 195 × 129 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. August 1994

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