Whisper of madness

About the novel What is madness? It appears to be a mysterious state like life and death. You can learn a lot about it if you look at it from the outside; but the interior, the essence, is a closed secret. Our friend now knows that he stayed as a guest for some time in the Khanakah, and he also remembers—now too—his past life as all rational people do, and as he knows his present. Naguib Mahfouz, the dean of Arabic novels and the knight of short stories, excels in this collection of stories, which was his first narrative experiment and included twenty-eight stories, in narrating about madness with a smooth, precise language and hidden wisdom in its whispers; madness of love, madness of greatness, madness of hunger, madness of money, pure madness. In "Whisper of Madness," many questions are raised about justice and the nature of things, and it gives value to madness that grants its owner freedom regardless of others. In the story "Counterfeit," it reveals the false appearance of the aristocratic class, and the madness of jealousy and competition. As for "Delirium," the madness of love is manifested when the husband, during his wife’s illness, learns of her betrayal when she utters the name of her former fiancé; he withholds her medicine so she continues to confess and rave until she dies, and he feels remorse and decides to commit suicide. In addition to other stories of harmonious madness. Details of the novel Whisper of Madness Author: Naguib Mahfouz Language: Arabic Publication date: 2024 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Diwan Number of pages: 352