The Mirage by Naguib Mahfouz, نجيب محفوظ, Nancy Roberts - Starting April 10th 2018

[Sarah Elizabeth]

A stunning example of Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz’s psychological portraiture, The Mirage is the story of an intense young man who has been so dominated by his mother that her death sets him dangerously adrift in a world he cannot manage alone.

Kamil Ru’ba is a tortured soul who hopes that writing the story of his life will help him gain control of it. Raised by a mother who fled her abusive husband and became overbearingly possessive and protective toward her young son, he has long been isolated emotionally and physically. Now in his twenties, Kamil seeks to escape her posthumous grasp. Finding and successfully courting the woman of his dreams seems to promise salvation, until his ignorance of mature love and his fear and jealousy lead to tragedy.

[Ritika]

AND BEGIN! <3

[Maya]

I started too. Read 20 pages and 4 chapters so far. At times I'm confused whether it's a boy or a girl. Did you face that difficulty?

[Ritika]

Chapter 11 done. (view spoiler)["Birth and death: this is the sum of life. Birth had passed; nothing was left but death."

Aah, I'm loving this book. It's just that, I haven't been able to read it thanks to my busy schedule but I'm trying and OMG, it's fabulous! <3 (hide spoiler)]

[Ritika]

toogoodtobeyou wrote: "I started too. Read 20 pages and 4 chapters so far. At times I'm confused whether it's a boy or a girl. Did you face that difficulty?"

Initially I did, but in the 5th chapter it is revealed that his name is Kamil. It was the 5th chapter only, I guess. :)

[Ritika]

(view spoiler)["Birth and death: this is the sum of life. Birth had passed; nothing was left but death."

Aah, I'm loving this book. It's just that, I haven't been able to read it thanks to my busy schedule but I'm trying and OMG, it's fabulous! <3 (hide spoiler)]