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Savage Games

FROM THE ACCLAIMED EGYPTIAN NOVELIST MAJED WAHIB. Spanning fourteen generations and four centuries in a non-linear narrative, Brutal Games unravels the complete, tumultuous history of an Egyptian family. Through a deeply sensitive exploration of the idea of eternal return, the novel reveals how identical beginnings yield vastly different fates, while contrasting origins coalesce into shared destinies. Across four hundred years, successive generations embark on a relentless quest for meaning, love, faith, power, and revenge. Capturing the essence of human bewilderment, Maged Waheeb presents a profound existential epic where characters confront life’s greatest dilemmas—navigating choices that threaten total ruin, yet offer the sole path to redemption.

Majed Wahib

Majed Wahib constructs sweeping, philosophically dense narratives that interrogate time, heritage, and religious history. His monumental novel Al’aab Wahshiya (Savage Games) is an ambitious epic that traces the trajectory of an Egyptian family across fourteen generations, where Time itself acts as the primary protagonist dictating the cyclical nature of love, power, and identity. Wahib’s other notable works, such as Aalaam Yahoutha (The Sorrows of Judas) and Akhbar Al-Ayyam Al-Oula (Chronicles of the First Days), alongside his short story collection Al-Aalam fi Hafla Tanakuriya, showcase a highly sophisticated, structurally complex prose style that challenges conventional storytelling and delves deep into the existential drama of the human condition.

FEATURED BOOKS

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Years of Freckles

Cosmetic Surgery

Kush Ko

Asha: The Scarab and the Moon

Without a Last Chapter

The Lady’s Tavern

Various Ways to Kill Ants