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The Cairo Trilogy - Naguib Mahfouz (1611 words) |
 | The Cairo Trilogy is a three-part family saga, centred around al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family -- his wife, his children (three sons and two daughters), and eventually his grandchildren. |
| Eventually, however, the old guard is supplanted by the younger generations, and The Cairo Trilogy effectively describes all the bumpy domestic and national transitions. |
| The trilogy is very heavy on dialogue, as well as resorting to a considerable amount of interior dialogue (so that one learns what the characters are really thinking, but wouldn't ever dare say). |
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