Sonallah Ibrahim has been called the Egyptian Kafka. And no wonder: this wry tale revolves around its narrator's attempts to petition successfully the elusive "Committee." Consequences for his actions range from the absurd to the hideous. In an intriguingly symbolic and minimalist style Ibrahim offers an unbroken first-person narrative rendered in brief, crisp prose framed by a conspicuous absence of vivid imagery. Furthermore, the petitioner is a man without identity. The ideal antihero, he remains unnamed throughout the ...
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Sonallah Ibrahim has been called the Egyptian Kafka. And no wonder: this wry tale revolves around its narrator's attempts to petition successfully the elusive "Committee." Consequences for his actions range from the absurd to the hideous. In an intriguingly symbolic and minimalist style Ibrahim offers an unbroken first-person narrative rendered in brief, crisp prose framed by a conspicuous absence of vivid imagery. Furthermore, the petitioner is a man without identity. The ideal antihero, he remains unnamed throughout the intricate plot, with a locale suggestive of 1970s Cairo. The Committee, first published in Arabic in 1981, sardonically pierces the inflammatory terrain between ordinary men, unbridled displays of power, and other broader concerns of the author's native Egypt. The novel's corrosive, shocking conclusion catapults satiric surrealism into a new realm.
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