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محيطًا بلا نهاية
.... وحدى، أنا
... سأبقى، وأصيرُ..
... أفعى، عصيَّةً..
تحكى هذه الرواية تحولات صورة الأنثى في ثقافتنا. فهي تروى سيرورة الصورة، وصيرورتها من أفق الأنثى المقدسة إلى دهاليز النسوة المدنسات. والرواية لا تقصد إلى الحطِّ والتهوين من شأن تلك الثقافات المتعاقبة المسماة، زوراً وبهتانًا بالسامية بل تعرض للأنثى السامِيَة، من حيث دنستها السامِيَّة. ولتحض على إعادة اكتشاف ...more
.... وحدى، أنا
... سأبقى، وأصيرُ..
... أفعى، عصيَّةً..
تحكى هذه الرواية تحولات صورة الأنثى في ثقافتنا. فهي تروى سيرورة الصورة، وصيرورتها من أفق الأنثى المقدسة إلى دهاليز النسوة المدنسات. والرواية لا تقصد إلى الحطِّ والتهوين من شأن تلك الثقافات المتعاقبة المسماة، زوراً وبهتانًا بالسامية بل تعرض للأنثى السامِيَة، من حيث دنستها السامِيَّة. ولتحض على إعادة اكتشاف ...more
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Okay that's an interesting book, and I'd call it a book and not a novel bec. when I finished it I realized it's bunch of historical stories and ideas/beliefs that Zidan love to present in a novel for no apparent reason!
No actual relation between the 1st and 2nd part, you'd think the story at the beginning is an introduction to the ideas presented in in the 2nd part, but nah, not true, still no relation..
So skipping the 1st part and focusing on da 2nd one, u'd find some very interesting ideas abt ...more
No actual relation between the 1st and 2nd part, you'd think the story at the beginning is an introduction to the ideas presented in in the 2nd part, but nah, not true, still no relation..
So skipping the 1st part and focusing on da 2nd one, u'd find some very interesting ideas abt ...more
Historically inaccurate but interesting
It's one of the worst novels I have ever read !
Dealing with the woman issue in this manner, challenging males , I mean , makes the issue much worse.
Although, I like the theoretical knowledge that's involved. ...more
Dealing with the woman issue in this manner, challenging males , I mean , makes the issue much worse.
Although, I like the theoretical knowledge that's involved. ...more
Her mother is so Complicated!!
Rate : 1/5
it's the kind of book that you need to read for like two or three times in order to wrap your brain around!
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So good
Interesting
Well, that was kind of one of the best books I've ever enjoyed reading in my entire life; as it's full of emotional, psychological, spiritual, sociological moves.
The style is really one of the best things I liked in this wonderful novel, and to be specific: his use of unheard replies to questions to let the reader know what the characater is thinking about but doesn't want it's conversational partner know about it was really very telling about the characters', their thoughts and feelings.
The mys ...more
The style is really one of the best things I liked in this wonderful novel, and to be specific: his use of unheard replies to questions to let the reader know what the characater is thinking about but doesn't want it's conversational partner know about it was really very telling about the characters', their thoughts and feelings.
The mys ...more
Well, let me get it to you straight from the beginning, one of the worst book i have ever read in my life so far and the reason i bought was behind the bookstore man that he kept raving about it..
Half of the book is about the man and making love which was disgusting in my opinion, and the other part is about a mother who sends letter to her daughter trying to explain the role of the woman and how the society was seeing her throughout centuries, from being treated as a goddess to being treated as ...more
Half of the book is about the man and making love which was disgusting in my opinion, and the other part is about a mother who sends letter to her daughter trying to explain the role of the woman and how the society was seeing her throughout centuries, from being treated as a goddess to being treated as ...more
very nice book..mixing a 2 married couple drama with historical conflict between the man and the woman demonstrating its deep roots in the very ancient times ....i get a lot of historical benefit from this book regardless my own personal opinion ,but i'm already convinced with all the author is trying to prove...
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Not bad, but not so good, lots of historical information covering half the book which made me really bored during this time, although some of the information was useful but wouldn't expect all of them in such context of a not so big novel.
i would have appreciated if he instead wrote a book about the topic he wanted to discuss rather than a novel ! ...more
i would have appreciated if he instead wrote a book about the topic he wanted to discuss rather than a novel ! ...more
This book is a true point of view twister kinda of books. the reader must be open-minded to accept what is in this book. In this book Zidan shows his marvelous research ability inworld heritage. it describe the development of ppl view to the woman from sacred goddess to the extent of desecration ... I didn't like half of the book but from the middle to end, it truly calls for thinking.
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A woman has stopped loving her inferior husband since she started getting letters from her long absent mother, her husband who only sees her physical beauty is very upset. set in the future (?) for no apparent reason except maybe to tell us that nothing will change for women in a male dominated world. boring, full of historical stuff, ends abruptly,and lacks a proper plot. A major disappointment.
It's a beautiful history lesson, basically feminist point of view with a lot of unknown (to me at least) facts, not really a good novel as the story line was forced into this book, still worth reading
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the first part was amazing how she feels about her husband and the whole stupid society i really loved it but the letters part has been written by the writer just to gloat with all the history he knows or at least that how i felt it really disconnected me from the novel
took away one star for the totally pointless sex scene at the beginning that ruined the imaginary world created by the rest of the book :))
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2nd reading :
sweet mother of all what's good and pure :') ...more
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2nd reading :
sweet mother of all what's good and pure :') ...more
Thats a big book ! little pages but more meanings than any other book the story is short but it gets in to the point.i gave this book to a girl and it changed her world,because it gives girls hope and makes them remmber how important they are in life.
I enjoyed reading this book
I enjoyed reading this book
the intensity of the sexual description between the couple takes too much time that makes the reader lost from the heart of the story
the chronology of the incidents makes digesting the story harder
there is a great difference, negatively, between 3azazil and this one
the chronology of the incidents makes digesting the story harder
there is a great difference, negatively, between 3azazil and this one
Well, I get his point of writing that he wants to show how women were "Gods" at some time in the past, and how they are looked at now as "less"...
The thing is, he is so frank in his writing, so good at describing characters (but not places), but I sort of wasn't very comfortable with it. ...more
The thing is, he is so frank in his writing, so good at describing characters (but not places), but I sort of wasn't very comfortable with it. ...more
Dec 13, 2010
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You wanna learn more about Eve's arrogance? Congrads, you picked the right book :)
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Liked the roles the characters resemble, though hated the character of the husband and the grandfather. I loved the way the writer cherished the female body, so un-Arab-like.
1st half is amusing but 2nd half is very boring
1st time to read for youssef zidan although i have " النبطي" but i started with this
i like his way of thinking and writing ...more
i like his way of thinking and writing ...more
Real content starts after the half of the story. Anything before that is just a b/w old movie :S I truly like the way and the language he exposes his ideas.
Promising beginning turned into a series of lectures.
3 stars for style of writing and the first 100 pages.
3 stars for style of writing and the first 100 pages.
my favourite novel by far
great book i really like and recommend
I only liked the part of the messages
This part is amazing :)
This part is amazing :)
Definitely not his best novel.
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