The Thief and the Dogs
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The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existential novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
film adaptation
ⓘ
stage adaptation ⓘ television adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Egyptian ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
protagonist versus self
ⓘ
protagonist versus society ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Nabawiyya
ⓘ
Nur ⓘ Rauf Ilwan ⓘ Sana ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | aftermath of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | The Thief and the Dogs self-link ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized novel ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
existential fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| languageScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Arabic modernist literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of Naguib Mahfouz ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Said Mahran ⓘ |
| motif |
dogs as symbols of betrayal
ⓘ
surveillance and pursuit ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | early post-revolution phase of Mahfouz's career ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | thief ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Cairo ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-revolutionary Egypt ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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betrayal ⓘ disillusionment after revolution ⓘ existentialism ⓘ revenge ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
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