num_pages: 412
description: First published in 1956, this is a powerful portrayal of a middle-class Egyptian family confronted by material, moral, and spiritual problems during World War II.
language: English
title: The Beginning and the End
titlecomplete: The Beginning and the End
genres: Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Africa, Novels, Media Tie In, Literature, Egypt, Classics, Egyptian Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 7403
places: Cairo
publisher: Anchor