twilight

Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz

This collection of short stories is characterized by the contemplative style that characterizes Naguib Mahfouz's style in general, and is clearly evident in the thirty stories in this distinguished collection. Through them, Mahfouz raises numerous questions and ideas about despair, death, life, and fate, and explores the complexities of the human psyche, such as the schizophrenia suffered by the hero of "False Dawn," using precise language, precise descriptions, and a keen eye for detail. Compared to the majority of Mahfouz's stories, the stories in this collection are characterized by their brevity and extreme condensation. It is as if he began with them a phase of extremely condensed and abbreviated writing, which, years later, led to his infinitely small texts, such as autobiographical echoes and convalescent dreams.