A story without beginning or end

This collection of stories is considered a unique experience among Naguib Mahfouz's narrative experiences, as it contains five interwoven stories, united by the idea, style, and vision of life. Stories that the reader finds himself in the midst of their events, not knowing when they began, and not realizing until he reaches the last line that they have ended. It revolves around the conflict of philosophical and existential ideas and visions. In the story "A Story Without Beginning and Endin...