House of the Wolf

For other works with this name, see House of the Wolf (disambiguation).

House of the Wolf (Bayt al-Deeb, Arabic: بيت الدِّيب) is Ezzat el Kamhawi's fourth novel and eighth book. It was first released in Arabic language in 2010 by Dar Al-Adab in Beirut.

House of the Wolf

Author	Ezzat el Kamhawi
Original title	بيت الديب
Translator	Nancy Roberts
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Published	First Edition: AUC Press 2013, Cairo
Publication place	Egypt
Media type	Print
Pages	272
Awards	Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
ISBN	978-977-416-620-4

In December 2012, el Kamhawi was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature award for this novel,^[1] the English edition was released in 2013 by AUC Press.^[2] The translation was done by Nancy Roberts.

Background

In House of the Wolf el-Kamhawi deals with the lives of four generations of the Wolf (Al-Deeb) rural Egyptian family for more than one hundred and fifty years, monitoring the Egyptian and World history through the history of the family.

A novel of 272 pages of medium size, and thus is considered the biggest work for Ezzat el Kamhawi, a writer known for his intensive language. In the novel, history remains a reference in the background, while man stands unwavering in the face of history and his personal fate.