Aesthetic of Revolution in the Film and Literature of Naguib Mahfouz (1952-1967)

This bookexamines the impact of revolution on one of the great literary minds of the twentieth century: Naguib Mahfouz. Concentrating on the years following the 1952 Free-Officers’ Coup that brought an end to British colonialism in Egypt this book analyzes Mahfouz’s turn to screenplay writing and examines the significance of that transition.