Talking above the Nile - Naguib Mahfouz

Because we fear the police, the army, the English, the Americans, the apparent, and the hidden; we ended up not fearing anything. But the door is open! Outside, Uncle Abdo is there, capable of repelling any attack. One year before the setback, while everyone was repeating the talk about the great progress Egypt was experiencing in the fifties and sixties, Naguib Mahfouz revealed the revealing truth that slapped the faces of the false hype; to confirm the state of loss and fragmentation that the Egyptian street was suffering from, and that such a society was heading towards an inevitable catastrophe. Mahfouz presented his chatter that contained many symbols; every sentence contains a confirmed truth, behind every joke is seriousness, behind every absurdity is a well-founded philosophy, and a correct vision. In a boat on the Nile’s shore, a group of people from different segments of Egyptian society gathered, each of them escaping from their world; to practice in the boat the life of nothingness, devoid of meaning, but behind nothingness, the true meaning of the phase and life is found. A condensed novel that delves into the depths of life, revealing to us the true meaning of existence. PDF book