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Wahat al-Ghurub واحة الغروب
By: Tahir, Bahaa (1935-2022) بهاء طاهرShare
Language: Arabic
Softcover
«Sunset Oasis», a novel in the Arabic language by prize winning Egyptian writer Bahaa Tahir (1935-2022).
Winner of the «International Prize for Arabic Fiction» , 2008 (Arabic Booker Prize), a vivid compelling historical tale set in late nineteenth-century Egypt.
When Mahmoud, a disgraced Egyptian officer, is posted to the remote desert town of Siwa, his Irish wife insists on accompanying him, to pursue the secrets of Alexander the Great. Neither is prepared for the stultifying heat, the hostility of the townspeople, or the astonishing and disturbing events that befall them in the dreamlike other-worldliness of the «Sunset Oasis».
In turns mesmerizing and shocking, «Sunset Oasis» is an enthralling story of mystery and frustrated passions set against the backdrop of an exotic locale in the late 1800s.
Winner of the «International Prize for Arabic Fiction» , 2008 (Arabic Booker Prize), a vivid compelling historical tale set in late nineteenth-century Egypt.
When Mahmoud, a disgraced Egyptian officer, is posted to the remote desert town of Siwa, his Irish wife insists on accompanying him, to pursue the secrets of Alexander the Great. Neither is prepared for the stultifying heat, the hostility of the townspeople, or the astonishing and disturbing events that befall them in the dreamlike other-worldliness of the «Sunset Oasis».
In turns mesmerizing and shocking, «Sunset Oasis» is an enthralling story of mystery and frustrated passions set against the backdrop of an exotic locale in the late 1800s.
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Product Details
| By: | Tahir, Bahaa (1935-2022) بهاء طاهر |
|---|---|
| Language: | Arabic |
| Format: | Softcover |
| Pages: | 326 pp |
| Publisher: | Dar al-Shorouk, Cairo 2007 |
| Dimensions: | 14 x 21 cm |
| ISBN-13: | 9789770920251 |
| Topic: | Arabic Fiction - Egypt |
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بهاء طاهر
هذه الرواية حاصلة على الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية 2008
يعود بهاء طاهر فى روايته البديعة «واحة الغروب» والتى لاقت نجاحا جماهيريا واستحسانا نقديا كبيرا، إلى نهايات القرن التاسع عشر، وبداية الاحتلال البريطانى لمصر.
حيث يُرسل ضابط البوليس المصرى محمود عبدالظاهر، والذى كان يعيش حياة لاهية بين الحانات وبنات الليل، إلى واحة سيوة لشك السلطات فى تعاطفه مع الأفكار الثورية لجمال الدين الأفغانى وأحمد عرابى.
فيصطحب زوجته الأيرلندية «كاثرين» الشغوفة بالآثار، والتى تبحث عن مقبرة الإسكندر الأكبر، لينغمسا فى عالم جديد شديد الثراء والخصوصية يجبرهما وأهل الواحة على مواجهة أنفسهم فى زمن اختلطت فيه الانتهازية والخيانة والرغبة بالحب والبطولة.
تعكس أحداث الرواية أيضا مزجا إبداعيا بين الماضى والحاضر وال.... والموضوعى والتاريخ والواقع يعبر عن هموم الوطن كما يقدم تجربة العلاقة بين الشرق والغرب على المستويين الإنسانى والحضارى بما فيها من صراع وتوافق.