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La lumière aveuglante du désert et l'obscurité
Ce livre raconte la tentative d'une vengeance par un voleur spolié par son ex.
Pour lui et son entourage, voler est un acte licite, car elle soulage les exploiteurs d'une part de leur culpabilité.

Ce livre frôle l'invraisemblable (se tromper de victime) et navigue sur des sentiments exagérés (`bouillonnant de colère, il noie la douleur insoutenable qui le tenaille en avalant une grande rasade').

Il n'atteint pas le haut niveau d'autres oeuvres de Mahfouz.
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Un padre longevo se aisla en su Casa Grande tras dejar unas tierras a los descendientes que expulso un dia de su esplendido jardin. Uno de sus hijos, Idris, tienta a su hermano Adham. A partir de ahi, la simiente de ambos se multiplica dando lugar a un barrio de El Cairo dividido en dos grupos: los que se ganan el sustento y los que ejercen de caciques. De vez en cuando, surge alli un ser idealista que intenta liberar a los oprimidos. Es facil reconocer a Dios, Cain, Moises, Jesucrito y Mahoma en estas paginas y darse cuenta de que esta novela narra la historia de la Humanidad. ENGLISH TRANSLATION: A father-lived isolated in Casa Grande after leaving their lands to the descendants who expelled a day of his splendid garden. One son, Idris, his brother Adham tempts. From there, the seed of both is multiplied resulting in a suburb of Cairo divided into two groups: those who earn their livelihood and those who exercise political bosses. Occasionally, there emerges a being idealist who tries to liberate the oppressed. It is easy to recognize God, Cain, Moses, and Muhammad Jesucrito on these pages and realize that this novel tells the story of humanity. ... Read more

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A MAJOR PILLAR OF EGYPTIAN MODERN LITERATURE
"Sons of our Neighborhood" is, to my mind, one the most important works of Mahfouz and the one still forbidden in Egypt herself. This novel, which appeared as a series in the famous Al-Ahram cairote newspaper between August and December, 1959, can be defined as that marking the passage of the author from his "realistic" to his "symbolist" period. The contents describes in an allegorical way the History of Mankind, and, in a more profound level, the evolution of human belief in God upto the human disbelief in Him thanks to Science (which is presented as a completely amoral belief). This writing is unique in several ways: introduces allegory in Arab modern novel, while at the same time, it shows us the"anatomy" of Mahfouz's universe, which re-appears in many of his following works. The text is srong and subtle simultaneously, and this exerts a great appeal on the reader's mind. A last word: the most you know about History, the most you enjoy the tale! Most recommendable! ... Read more