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Lädt ... Being Abbas El Abdvon Ahmed Alaidy
Middle East Fiction (163) Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is an almost poetic rant on short slice in the life of a young Egyptian. The author cites Chuck Palahniuk as his main influence, the author of Fight Club and other books. In the vein of Palahniuk, it is disturbing but not too crass, psychological and perhaps more taught and 'younger' than Palahniuk. In service of cool, the author does away with most of the storytelling threads that let the reader know what has happened or is happening, which makes the book a bit of a puzzle, an unrewarding puzzle. There are some great ideas here, but the author does not pull it off but if he becomes a bit more tethered he could be more like Pynchon or Vollmann in fifteen years, although I don't suspect that's his interest. An interesting read and commentary on Egyptian youth. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"The millennial generation's most celebrated literary achievement."--Al-Ahram Weekly"The first glimmer of hope for a true fictional renaissance--an instantly rewarding read embraced by an unprecedented range of literary figures"--The Daily Star What is madness?" asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy's jittery, funny, and angry novel. Assuring readers that they are about to find out, the narrator takes us on a journey through the insanity of present-day Cairo--in and out of minibuses, malls, and crash pads, navigating the city's pinball machine of social life with tolerable efficiency. But lurking under the rocks in his grouchy, chain-smoking, pharmaceutically-oriented, twenty-something life are characters like his elusive psychiatrist uncle with a disturbing interest in phobias. And then there's Abbas, the narrator's best friend who surfaces at critical moments to drive our hero into uncontrollably multiplying difficulties. For instance, there's the ticklish situation with the simultaneous blind-dates Abbas has set up for him on different levels of a coffee-shop in a Cairo mall with two girls both called Hind. With friends like Abbas, what paranoiac needs enemies? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I think I enjoyed it, and will definitely have to reread it. ( )