Is there any Analysis of Symbolism in Half a Day by Naguib Mahfouz?

its a story about a boy who goes through his whole life in one day.

Here is one: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E5DE1339F93BA25751C0A960958260 It isn't totally a review but its all i can find.

12 hours.

If you look at it from the perspective of 11.5 days = 276 hours, this many hours would have to occur on 12 or 13 different days, with an overlap of 12 hours it could be spread either entirely on a...

9 and a half days = 9 and a half days , 228 hours, 13680 minutes, 820800 seconds.