num_pages: 412
description: The sudden death of Kamel Effendi plunges his middle class family into poverty and a desperate struggle to survive
language: English
title: The Beginning & the End
titlecomplete: The Beginning & the End
genres: Classics, Egyptian Literature, Nobel Prize, Media Tie In, Novels, Egypt, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 7405
places: Cairo
publisher: Doubleday