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 of the End
titlecomplete: The Beginning of the End
genres: Classics, Egyptian Literature, Nobel Prize, Media Tie In, Novels, Egypt, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 7405
places: Cairo
publisher: Peter Smith Publisher