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Book Review By Tiziana Floretti
The Beginning and the End by Naguib Mahfouz

I'm Italian, so I'll do my best: this is the story of an impoverished family.The sudden poverty brings the two sons, Hasan and the younger Hasanayn, and the daughter Nafisa to loose their honesty and to forget moral behaviours. When the family has again a situation of well-being, the real tragedy happens.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - - general poverty story - making "Ends Meat" by prostitution
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Loss of...

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Africa Yes
Kind of Africa: - Arabic Africa

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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