The Beginning and the End by Naguib Mahfouz

I am going real global in my reading because library is full of works from Noble prize winners.

I never read an Egyptian author before and was glad that I found this one. Not because it is from a Noble prize winner but because it tells you the stories of people from different countries and cultures.

But one this is for sure that the sad things are more or less same everywhere. This is a story of a middle class family who falls into chaos after the death of the head of the family.

It is full of emotions of growing up, love, loss, pride and absurdity of life. It has a tight narrative which leaves you on a high and dry note in the end.

We're what we choose willingly or otherwise (poverty, greed, love, pride) and no matter what, the world keeps going.

Peace