Half A Day by Naguib Mahfouz

I liked this story, even though it was confusing. In the beginning, a little boy was taken to his first day of school by his father. He talks about what happened while he was there and comes out of school as an old man. His father wasn't there like he promised to be in the beginning of the story, because he passed away. At first, I was confused. The title is half a day, but the story really takes place over several years. The narrator passes by his school and reminsices about when he went there and the differences in the scenery that changed over the years.