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The mother struggles to support her four children after the father's death, and faces a devastating economic crisis that relegates the family to the lowest floor of the same building. The eldest son, Hassan, is unemployed and turns into a singer and a thug who accompanies dancers.
Hassanein proposes to a girl from a wealthy family in pursuit of his class ambitions, while Hussein moves to work in another governorate trying to support his family.
Nafisa works as a seamstress to help everyone, then her fate collapses to practice prostitution after being let down by her first lover.
The novel was published in 1951, and it is the first novel by Mahfouz to be transferred to the cinema screen in a film by director Salah Abu Seif in 1960.