Sugar Street

Sugar Street concludes the Cairo Trilogy, following the Abd al-Jawad family through the turbulent decades of the 1930s and 1940s. As the patriarchs age and die, the narrative focus shifts to the younger generation, particularly the sons, who navigate the complexities of modernizing Egypt, political unrest, and the erosion of traditional social hierarchies. The novel explores the tension between individual desire and collective duty, portraying a society in transition where old certainties crumble under the weight of historical change.

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