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Fuad al-Takarli (1927–2008)

Auteur van Long Way Back

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The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction (2006) — Medewerker — 102 exemplaren
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Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World (2000) — Medewerker — 27 exemplaren

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Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
al-Tikerly, Fouad
Takarli, Fuad
Geboortedatum
1927-08-22
Overlijdensdatum
2008-02-11
Land (voor op de kaart)
Iraq
Geboorteplaats
Baghdad, Iraq
Plaats van overlijden
Amman, Jordan
Woonplaatsen
Paris, France
Tunisia
Opleiding
University of Baghdad
Beroepen
judge
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Al Owais Award (1999)

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This is a story of 4 generations of a family told through the private thoughts of numerous of the characters. It explores the conflict between personal and societal values and the mechanisms of the mind dealing with tragedy. It conveys the isolation of individuals despite the ties of family.
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snash | 1 andere bespreking | Aug 23, 2014 |
Puzzlement remains the word I’d use to describe my reaction to this slice of life novel. The writing is meditative – I give it four stars. Plot is non-existent; told from multiple points of view, this is the interior story of individuals in an extended family living in Baghdad in the early 1960s.

I made a family tree to organize the characters (each generation of women has similar names). None of them are happy, unless Midhat is at the beginning of the story. Although external events intersect with their lives, the novel focuses on the internal thoughts, feelings, and struggles of each character.

I came away most focused on the story of Munria, wondering what would happen to her next. And my impression was that I knew the women better than the men, although more page space is devoted to the brothers Midhat and Karumi.

The author was a lawyer & a judge who wrote on the side. In an interview published in 2007 in Al Jadid, Takarli refers to this novel as “The faraway man.” Neither that nor “the long way back” strike me as especially fitting titles, but I’m not sure what I would call it either.

I read this for an online reading group.
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markon | 1 andere bespreking | Jul 16, 2014 |

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Werken
2
Ook door
3
Leden
30
Populariteit
#449,942
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
2
ISBNs
4