Black cat brewery

This collection of short stories is considered one of Naguib Mahfouz's most famous short story works. He wrote it during the sixties, and it came loaded with the concerns of the period and the state of despair that spread in Egyptian society at that time. Through nineteen short stories, Mahfouz searches for what is behind the apparent veneer of events, and reveals the state of frustration that gripped the majority of Egyptians due to defeat, which is deeply evident in the story "The Black C...