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Children Of The Alley

Alan Chesue reviews "Children of the Alley," a translation of the forty-year-old work by Naguib Mahfouz [nah-GEEB mah-FOOZ hard 'g'], a story reminiscent of the 1001 Arabian Nights. [STATIONS: The book is published by Doubleday.]

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