Why This Picture Matters

“In this novel we are prompted to see how time works changes, transforming love into hate, beauty into ugliness, loyalty into treachery (…) ”

“Mahfouz gives us instead an evocation of what has happened to their features, their bodies, the looks in their eyes, the despair in their hearts.” —Naguib Mahfouz, Wedding Song, Tate

— Aslıhan Atalar