The books' titles are taken from actual streets in Cairo, the city of Mahfouz's childhood and youth.
The trilogy follows the life of the Cairene patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.
| ISBN: | 9781841593050 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2007 |
| Author: | Najib Mahfuz |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 591 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction |