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খোঁজ by Naguib Mahfouz

radwa_mousa's review against another edition

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3.0

كنت هحبها أكتر لو خلصت كام صفحة بدري بس أنا مين عشان أعدل علي الأستاذ يعني!

yabadabaddoo's review against another edition

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4.0

الفصل الأخير مختلف عن باقي الرواية، حاسه نشاز. كان نفسي يبقى في انصاص عشان أقدر أدي الرواية ٤ ونص بس للأسف مفيش.

aly_moh's review against another edition

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4.0

أحيانا يبدو نجيب محفوظ كفيلسوف بارع أكثر منه أديب موهوب

m7md's review against another edition

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4.0

"عيبُنا أنّنا عند العَجز نحلم."

مابين صفاء وطهر ألهام ومابين غواية وإثم كريمة يسلك صابر الرحيمي طريقه في البحث عن ابيه الذي تنكشف حقيقته بعد موت أمه . وبين طريق الخير والشر يسرد نجيب القصة بأسلوبه المعتاد واقتباساته الرهيبة .

paquerite's review against another edition

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dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

smuds2's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There were a lot of kind of ham fisted ideas in this book - I think it would have been a better 300 page book than 100 page book. It’s brevity made it feel more like a manifesto than a work of fiction

sarah_zillas's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

3.5

lauren_endnotes's review against another edition

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3.0

• THE SEARCH by Naguib Mahfouz, translated from the Arabic by Mohamed Islam, 1962.

A deathbed confession, a desperate search, and a web of deception...makings for a good little noir.

1960s Cairo, most of this novella takes place within the walls of a small hotel.
Lusty and lurid, the protagonist is not likable, but he isn't meant to be. The women of this novel are either vampy femme fatales, or long-suffering saints - more broad stroke caricatures in the noir genre.

Not a lot of nuance but that could be related to the novella length too.

One of the Mahfouz's lesser works. PALACE WALK and ADRIFT ON THE NILE, the other 2 Mahfouz works I've enjoyed, both rank above this one, but this still captured attention and interest.

3.5 ⭐

manelradhia's review against another edition

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4.0

الماضي...الحاضر ...المستقبل...اي طريق يستدعي منا الاهتمام و الاستكشاف...انحن من نختار ان نمشي على طريق آبائنا ام آبائنا هم الذين يحددوا اي طريق نمشي عليه .
مسألة فلسفية ناقشها العديد. لكن ييقى نجيب محفوظ باسلوبه و سلاسة كلماته مبدع لا يضاهيه احد .

_alcanon_'s review against another edition

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4.0

نجيب.. ملك السهل الممتنع :)