Status
Available
Publication
New York : Doubleday, 1992.
Description
In this pithy, powerful parable, the masterly Naguib Mahfouz explores life's secrets and the mysterious maze of the human heart--a mystical and lyrical Pilgrim's Progress set in a mythical, timeless Middle East. --Publisher.
User reviews
LibraryThing member stillbeing
An interesting fable, really makes one examine the world around you, both immediately and from afar. I suspect this is one book that won't get the wide and important readership it really deserves.
LibraryThing member janerawoof
Parable of life as a journey, with the hero stopping in different countries, with his goal of reaching Gebel [Mountain], a sort of Utopia. Each country represents a modern one with differing political philosophies. The last one in which he stops embodies a type of mysticism. Does he reach his goal?
Smoothly reading translation of a slim novel.
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LibraryThing member soylentgreen23
A really beautiful short book that explores the joys as well as the frustrations of travelling in search of knowledge and enlightenment. Mahfouz has such a light touch - in the years to come, this fine book will deserve to be mentioned under the same breath as Candide and Siddhartha.
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Language
Original language
Arabic