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| Original Title: | ملحمة الحرافيش |
| Edition Language: | Arabic URL http://www.shorouk.com/books/details.aspx?b=8846dd00-bd90-4f48-ae84-eae15f816c07 |
Naguib Mahfouz
Paperback | Pages: 599 pages Rating: 4.37 | 13065 Users | 1681 Reviews
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| Title | : | الحرافيش |
| Author | : | Naguib Mahfouz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 599 pages |
| Published | : | 2006 by دار الشروق (first published 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Novels |
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ﻳﺼﻒ ﻟﻨﺎ ﻧﺠﻴﺐ ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻅ ﺳﻌﻲ ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺲ ﺍﻟﺒﺸﺮﻳﺔ ﺍﻟﺪﺍﺋﻢ ﺍﻟﻰ ﺍﻟﺨﻼﺹ ﻭﺗﻤﺮﺩﻫﺎ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻧﻔﺴﻬﺎ ﺍﻟﺘﻲ ﺍﺭﺗﻀﺖ ﺑﺎﻟﻮﺍﻗﻊ ﺍﻟﻤﺮﻳﺮ، ﻓﺘﺤﺜﻬﺎ ﺩﺍﺋﻤﺎ ﺍﻟﻰ ﺍﻟﺨﻼﺹ، ﻭﺍﻟﺨﺮﻭﺝ ﻣﻦ ﻧﻔﻖ ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺲ ﺍﻟﻤﻈﻠﻢ، ﻭﻟﻜﻨﻬﺎ ﺗﺼﻄﺪﻡ ﺩﺍﺋﻤﺎ ﺑﺤﺐ ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ ﻭﺍﻏﻮﺍﺋﺎﺗﻬﺎ ﺍﻟﻼﻣﺤﺪﻭﺩﺓ ﻭﻫﻨﺎ ﻳﻜﻮﻥ ﻣﻔﺘﺮﻕ ﺍﻟﻄﺮﻕ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﺗﺨﺘﺎﺭ ﻓﻴﻪ ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺲ ﺍﻣﺎ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺮ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺧﻄﻰ ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻟﺤﻴﻦ ﺍﻷﻭﺍﺋﻞ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻟﺤﻴﺎﺩ ﻋﻦ ﻃﺮﻳﻘﻬﻢ ﻭﺍﻳﺜﺎﺭ ﺷﻬﻮﺍﺗﻬﺎ ﺍﻟﺪﺍﺧﻠﻴﺔ، ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳﺼﻒ ﻟﻨﺎ ﺍﻟﺨﻨﻮﻉ ﻭﺍﻟﺬﻝ ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﻳﺼﻴﺐ ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺲ ﻣﻦ ﺟﺮﺍﺀ ﻳﺄﺳﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺧﻼﺻﻬﺎ، ﻭﺟﻬﻠﻬﺎ ﺑﺄﻥ ﺍﻟﺨﻼﺹ ﺍﻟﺤﻘﻴﻘﻲ ﻫﻮ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺑﻊ ﻣﻦ ﺩﺍﺧﻠﻬﺎ ﻻ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﻠﻂ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﺭﺝ ﻓﻬﻮ ﺧﻼﺹ ﺯﺍﺋﻒ ﺳﺮﻋﺎﻥ ﻣﺎ ﻳﺘﺒﺨﺮ ﻭﻳﺬﻫﺐ ﺭﻳﺤﻪ ﻭﺗﺒﻘﻰ ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺲ ﻓﻲ ﻇﻠﻤﺎﺗﻬﺎ ﺗﺒﻜﻲ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺎﺽ ﻗﺪ ﺗﻮﻟﻰ ﻭﺫﻛﺮﻳﺎﺕ ﻟﻦ ﺗﻌﻮﺩ. كل ذلك في ملحمة رائعة يظهر فيها تعاقب اﻷجيال على مدى قرنين من الزمان من خلال عشر قصص لطالما كانت نبعا للسينما المصرية تنهل منه.Rating Epithetical Books الحرافيش
Ratings: 4.37 From 13065 Users | 1681 ReviewsJudgment Epithetical Books الحرافيش
This book is more lyrical than the Cairo trilogy, so in that respect it sticks in my mind. But, then again the historical events weren't the mainstage. The language of this novel was extremely eloquent though and really I wished the trilogy was written like this. Although it might just be the translator. . .immerse yourself in this tale. . .eloquent, educational, amen. a Mahfouz fan for life because of this bookThe Harafish begins with the story of Ashur al-Nagi, an abandoned baby who grows up to bring justice to his Cairo alley as clan chief. Rather than use his position to enrich himself as other chiefs do, Ashur raises up the harafish--or the common people--of the alley while continuing his simple life as a cart driver.It's also the story of many of his decendants, who aspire to live up to his legendary greatness (greatness through modesty, that is) but mostly fail due to greed, ambition and
I was looking forward to this novel, having enjoyed immensely the Cairo Trilogy, the masterpiece by the same author. I looked forward to the sweeping narrative, the complex twists & turns of the generations of the al-Nagi family. However the depth with which Mahfouz wrote the Cairo Trilogy isn't present here. This is a much more superficial overview - it moves very quickly. Perhaps not less successful, but a very different model.This book is separated into ten chapters or ten 'epics' as they
One hundred years of solitude???One hundred times better
Enjoyed this depiction of life in the "alley" over 10 generations of a family in Egypt, as various men, and occasional women, in a family struggle to become chief, or powers, of the alley or decide to (or are forced) live a "lower" life among the harafish, the common people. The tale is similar in some ways to the author's Children of the Alley, being set in the same streets, and showing the rise and fall of men over years. But here, the writing is more lyrical, the ebb and flow of the family is
Translated by Catherine Cobham. The sprawling saga of a Cairo family, the al-Nagis, starting with the first and greatest, who rose from a foundling into a benevolent clan chief who fought for the people (the harafish), and continuing for a dozen generations. After the first, however, the Nagis sink gradually into vice, oppression and madness; lust for power makes them rue the old days, while it precludes them from reconstructing them.This is a confusing but rich novel. The number of minor
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