The Mirage / Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Nancy Roberts.

By:

Mahfouz, Najíb, 1911-2006

Contributor(s):

Roberts, Nancy N [trans.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Modern Arabic literaturePublication details: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2009.Description: 385 p ; 23 cmISBN:

9789774162657 (hbk.)
977416265X (hbk.)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PJ 7846 M214m 2009

Summary: "A psychological study of the first order with a subtly Freudian flavor, The Mirage is the autobiographical account of Kamil Ru'ba, a tortured soul who finds himself struggling unduly to cope with life's challenges. The internal torment and angst that dog him throughout his life and the tragic, ironic turns of events that overtake him as a young man are, to a great extent, the outworkings of his faulty upbringing. At the same time, they work together to drive home the novel's underlying theme: the illusory, undependable nature of the world in which we live and the call to seek, beyond the outward and the ephemeral, that which is inward and enduring. The narrative, full of pathos, draws the reader unwittingly into a vicarious experience of Kamil's agonies and ecstasies." -- Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PJ 7846 M214m 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available		00000086507

Translated from the Arabic al-Saraab.

"A psychological study of the first order with a subtly Freudian flavor, The Mirage is the autobiographical account of Kamil Ru'ba, a tortured soul who finds himself struggling unduly to cope with life's challenges. The internal torment and angst that dog him throughout his life and the tragic, ironic turns of events that overtake him as a young man are, to a great extent, the outworkings of his faulty upbringing. At the same time, they work together to drive home the novel's underlying theme: the illusory, undependable nature of the world in which we live and the call to seek, beyond the outward and the ephemeral, that which is inward and enduring. The narrative, full of pathos, draws the reader unwittingly into a vicarious experience of Kamil's agonies and ecstasies." -- Book jacket.

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