Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz
"Sugar Street" is the final novel in a trilogy set in Cairo, Egypt, from the 1919 Egyptian Revolution through the end of World War II. It follows the lives of the al-Jawad family, focusing on the younger generation's political activism and romantic entanglements against the backdrop of a changing society. The book explores themes of modernization, colonialism, and the clash between tradition and progress.
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- 64th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)