num_pages: 135
description: In The Search a young man, hoping to escape a sordid background and an impoverished future, sets out to find the father he has never known. But in the course of his quest he becomes entangled with two women and is enticed into murder. The significance of the novel lies mainly in its symbolic nature and in its possible readings: is the young man searching for his roots, for religious belief, for national traditions, or for political identity.
language: English
title: The Search
titlecomplete: The Search
genres: Fiction, Egyptian Literature, Philosophy, Media Tie In, Noir, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Audiobook
ratings_count: 3642
publisher: The American University of Cairo Press