The epic of the common people is a novel by the Egyptian writer Najib Mehafuz, published in 1977. The epic of the common people is a modern history full of myths. The work describes the rise and fall of an ordinary family for nearly ten generations in a highly concentrated artistic way, completely downplaying the time and place where the work is located, and it is difficult to see the environment and background where the protagonist is located. The whole work is like a fable. The historical process of nearly ten generations is nothing more than the struggle of political power, the entanglement of economy and the conflict of love, which seems to concisely summarize all the contents of human life. The story in the work and the fate of the protagonist are surreal and symbolic. The language of the book is as concise as poetry, and the structure of the book jumps like poetry. There is no specific story, and there is no protagonist throughout. This work fully shows the characteristics of Maghreb literature with rich imagination, rigorous structure and humorous brushwork.