`This is a well researched, well-written book which ... will serve as a good introduction to the work of Naguib Mahfouz.' - M.M. Badawi, Middle Eastern Studies
Preface and Acknowledgements 1 THE WRITER AND HIS WORLD 2 LOOKING BACKWARD TO THE PRESENT: THE HISTORICAL NOVELS 3 PAINS OF REBIRTH: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT 4 TIME AND THE MAN: FOUR EGYPTIAN SAGAS 5 THE ABORTED DREAM: ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN 6 FRAGMENTS OF TIME: THE EPISODIC NOVELS 7 MATTERS OF FORM: A CASE STUDY OFRESPECTED SIR 8 IMAGES OF GOD, DEATH AND SOCIETY: THE SHORT STORIES AND THE PLAYS
Rasheed El-Enany is Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.