In one work by this man, a recently released criminal seeks revenge on his wife, former friend, and former mentor, but instead ends up killing two innocent people, while in another of this man's works, allegorical representations of religious figures are written about by an unnamed narrator who also describes the destitution of the titular location.
In one work by this man, a recently released criminal seeks revenge on his wife, former friend, and former mentor, but instead ends up killing two innocent people, while in another of this man's works, allegorical representations of religious figures are written about by an unnamed narrator who also describes the destitution of the titular location. In addition to The Thief and the Dogs and Children of the Alley, this man wrote about the attempts of Hamida to escape the titular location through marriage and prostitution in Midaq Alley. For 10 points, name this author who also wrote about three generations of a Muslim family from the time of World War I until the revolution of 1952 in his Cairo Trilogy.
In one work by this man, a recently released criminal seeks revenge on his wife, former friend, and former mentor, but instead ends up killing two innocent people, while in another of this man's works, allegorical representations of religious figures are written about by an unnamed narrator who also describes the destitution of the titular location.
Naguib {Mahfouz}