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The Blessed Movement : An Egyptian Micronovel/Al-Harakah Al-Mubarakah: Microwayah Misriyyah
24 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 1997
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About the author
Saad Elkhadem
29 books6 followersSaad Elkhadem (1932-2003) was born in Cairo, Egypt, where he grew up and received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned his doctorate in Graz, Austria, and then worked for the government in both Egypt and Switzerland for a short while before teaching at the University of North Dakota. In 1968, he was hired as an associate professor in the Department of German at the University of New Brunswick (Canada) where he taught German and comparative literature. He spent the rest of his career there, attaining Professor Emeritus status in 1995.
Elkhadem produced more than twenty-three books, of which fourteen are fiction (some are banned in Egypt), and the rest are reference books. He also translated works from German and Arabic into English, including in some instances, some of his own, such as Ajnihah min Rasas/Wings of Lead (1971/1994) and Rijal wa Khandzir, Men and Pigs (1967/1977), much in the tradition of Brecht and Beckett, who were themselves writers/translators of their own writing. Moreover, Elkhadem was an editor and an eminent publisher
Elkhadem produced more than twenty-three books, of which fourteen are fiction (some are banned in Egypt), and the rest are reference books. He also translated works from German and Arabic into English, including in some instances, some of his own, such as Ajnihah min Rasas/Wings of Lead (1971/1994) and Rijal wa Khandzir, Men and Pigs (1967/1977), much in the tradition of Brecht and Beckett, who were themselves writers/translators of their own writing. Moreover, Elkhadem was an editor and an eminent publisher
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January 4, 2021
pdf of this, in the format published (i.e with the original arabic at the back working towards the middle, and the english translation going from the front) and with a helpful bibliography at the front here: https://www.pdf-archive.com/2016/12/1...
Ignore the adverts trying to get you to download - scroll down the page to where you see a picture of a pdf file where it says "download original pdf file" and click on that - the file will open safely on your computer. If anything asks you to download a program or anything else, you clicked on the wrong thing!
This is a "micronovel", so only around 30 pages in length, but its density is extreme - there is a lot to unpack. Three parts, all different in form. The critique of Nasser's rule in Egypt is as forceful as ever.
There remains almost nothing about him in English on the web, and his work is all out of print and almost impossible to find (hence the pdf - if the copyright owner reads this - please contact me! I will gladly take it down and try and help get his work back into print.)
Any Arabic readers are requested to see if they can find anything on him....
pdf of The Plague here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pdf of An Egyptian Satire about a Condemned Building here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Incredible. So much so, and I remain so deeply saddened by how impossible it is for anyone to read his books, that I have decided to sacrifice my copy so I can turn it into a PDF to share. The binding is too tight and the text goes right to the edges so i have to cut the spine in order to scan the pages. Will do so tomorrow and float this review then...
Ignore the adverts trying to get you to download - scroll down the page to where you see a picture of a pdf file where it says "download original pdf file" and click on that - the file will open safely on your computer. If anything asks you to download a program or anything else, you clicked on the wrong thing!
This is a "micronovel", so only around 30 pages in length, but its density is extreme - there is a lot to unpack. Three parts, all different in form. The critique of Nasser's rule in Egypt is as forceful as ever.
There remains almost nothing about him in English on the web, and his work is all out of print and almost impossible to find (hence the pdf - if the copyright owner reads this - please contact me! I will gladly take it down and try and help get his work back into print.)
Any Arabic readers are requested to see if they can find anything on him....
pdf of The Plague here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pdf of An Egyptian Satire about a Condemned Building here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
**********
Incredible. So much so, and I remain so deeply saddened by how impossible it is for anyone to read his books, that I have decided to sacrifice my copy so I can turn it into a PDF to share. The binding is too tight and the text goes right to the edges so i have to cut the spine in order to scan the pages. Will do so tomorrow and float this review then...
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