Children of the Alley - Nagieb Mahfouz Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes

ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant cockroach

maakt hij de stand van zaken in onze huidige samenleving op

zelfingenomenheid en hebzucht

vrouwen die heen en weer geslingerd worden door de stormen van het leven

Ze kent alle verhalen die er de ronde doen

Children of the Alley - Nagieb Mahfouz Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakesWinner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Naguib Mahfouz, offers this epic story of a single alley in Cairo and the generations that passed through it. A tumultuous neighbourhood known as 'the alley' has seen successive heroes rise and fall as they struggle to defend the rights left to them by their great ancestor, Gebelawi. From the supreme feudal lord who disowns one son for pride and puts another to the test, to the saviour who tries to free his