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SOURCE: “The Works of Najib Mahfuz,” in Najib Mahfuz: The Novelist-Philosopher of Cairo, St. Martin's Press, 1998, pp. 56–95.
In the following essay, Milson traces Mahfouz's development as a writer and discusses his major thematic concerns.
What one cannot theorize about, one must narrate.
—Umberto Eco
I do not believe that a literary work can be an answer to anything. A literary work is essentially a question.
—Najib Mahfuz
It is perhaps inevitable that the works of a writer whose literary output extends over a period of more than sixty years should invite attempts at classification by style or content.1 I have chosen to forgo any attempt at a rigid categorization of Mahfuz's works, preferring to present a more or less chronological survey.2 This chapter sketches Mahfuz's development as a writer and presents the major themes and ideas which preoccupy him. Particular attention will be paid to the early stories...
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