Half a Day by Naguib Mahfouz — Review

Half a Day is a short story by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. The author uses in this story elements of allegory and surrealism.

The story opens in an unnamed city early in the morning. The narrator, a little boy, walks with his father to school for the first time. The father cheerfully and encouragingly says that this day is an important step forward in life.

This is half a day and … this is all life.

Here is the link to the text of the story:
http://englishiva1011.pbworks.com/f/HALFADAY.PDF