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| Original Title: | Cette aveuglante absence de lumière |
| Edition Language: | Arabic |
| Setting: | Morocco |
| Literary Awards: | Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2006), International Dublin Literary Award (2004) |
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Paperback | Pages: 223 pages Rating: 4.28 | 9916 Users | 2034 Reviews
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| Title | : | تلك العتمة الباهرة |
| Author | : | Tahar Ben Jelloun |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | الطبعة الرابعة |
| Pages | : | Pages: 223 pages |
| Published | : | 2004 by دار الساقي (first published 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Novels. Northern Africa. Morocco |
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مصابي جليل، والعزاء جميل، ... وظني بأن الله سوف يديل جراح وأسر، واشتياق، وغربة... أحمل إني، بعدها، لحمول وإني، في هذا الصباح، لصالح،... ولكن خطي في الظلام جليل إذا أردتَ أن تعلَمَ قسوةَ السجّان، وتواطؤ السجن عليك، فأسأل سجين، أو ذويه إذا أردتَ أن تتذوَق صِدق المعاناة، وتتذوّق طعمَ الحياة الآخَر، فرجاءً لا تقرأ رواية عن الحبّ السرمديّ، ولكِن إقرأ في أدبِ السجون رواية الطاهر بن جلّون هذه، مقتبسة عن الحقيقة، يروي لنا سجيننا معاناته، في الزنزانة "ب" مع 23 سجين غيره، ويقصّ علينا بأسلوب "باهِر" موتَ المعظم الساحِق من أصدقائه، وظروف موتهم سُجِنوا لمحاولتهم الإنقلاب على الملك المغربي الحسن الثاني، في إنقلاب الصخيرات الشهير في 10 آب 1971 الكلمات لم تستعصِ على الطاهِر بن جلّون لوصف الحفرة -الحبس- الذي دفنوا فيهِ أحياء، على مدار 18 عاماً لم يفقدوا إيمانهم بالله، وبقيَت ألسنهم رطبى بالقرآن والحديثِ الحسن إرتقوا فوق عذاباتهم الجسمية، إرتقوا فوق الجوع، فوقَ التقتير، فوق الضيق، فوق العتمة، فوقَ العقارِب والصراصير، وفوقَ سخرية السجّان وفي النهايَة، يتواطؤ السجّان مع سجينه، ويبدأ نموّ أمل الحرية، بعدَ أن قتلوه هيَ فعلاً رواية باهِرة، فوقَ الوصف جميلة، مؤلمة، ولا ترتوي منهاRating Based On Books تلك العتمة الباهرة
Ratings: 4.28 From 9916 Users | 2034 ReviewsJudge Based On Books تلك العتمة الباهرة
In July 1971 a group of young officers tried a coup against the King Hassan II in Morocco. They failed. 58 eight men were sent to a hellhole called Tazmamart to die a slow, agonizing death. Kept in cells too small to stand up in, with no light, only a bit of air coming in and a hole to get rid of refuse, very little low quality food, no protection against cold or heat, no medical services at all, only a handful of men was finally released 18 years later, thanks to efforts of family and friendsEver since I read the gentle and honest booklet called Islam Explained that Ben Jelloun addressed to his daughter after 9/11, I have been a fan. Despite the horrors described in this small novel, I have also fallen for this book. It is about the desert concentration camps in which King Hassan II of Morocco held those who attempted a coup to oust him. What becomes painfully apparent is that most of the soldiers there were actually tricked into participating and could care less about politics. As
"Most of those who died did not die of hunger but of hatred. Feeling hatred diminishes you. It eats at you from within and attacks the immune system. When you have hatred inside you, it always crushes you in the end."This book is based on the testimony of Aziz Binebine, a young officer cadet, who in 1971 took part in the coup to overthrow King Hassan II of Morocco at his 42nd birthday celebration at his Skhirat palace. The plot failed, the king survived but almost 100 guests died. Despite
How a book describing men imprisoned in holes in the ground in Western Sahara, and fed on a starvation diet (literally), becomes life-affirming, is still a mystery to me. I love ben Jelloun's books but it took a while for me to summon up the courage to read this one. I don't read for escapasism, but as I work in human rights, I do rely on fiction to take me to a different place sometimes. Nevertheless, I'm so glad I read it.
In 1971 a group of army officers staged an unsuccessful attempted coup detat against the Moroccan king, Hassan II during his 42nd birthday party at one of his palaces. Over a hundred people died at the scene but the king escaped. Whilst I know little about the king, I spent some time in the mid-1980s with some Moroccan students in France who hated the man with a passion but were mostly reluctant to go into too much detail (not that my schoolgirl French would have helped me very much). As is
This book is the story of a political prisoner imprisoned by the Morrocan government in horrific conditions at a secret prison. It is the novelized retelling of a true story of this man's experiences. Held in an underground cell without light, so cramped that he could not even stand straight, he was kept incarcerated for over two decades for being an unwitting participant in a failed coup. Many of his compatriots died over the course of their imprisonment, he and a small few handful of others
Overwhelmingly heart wrenching. Who would have thought a story about men trapped in a cell would be this eventful ,it wasnt action packed but its was full of ideas ,memories and genuine emotions . its written in lyrical words every word portrayed the authors emotion exactly.a novel about hopelessness and hopefulness ,cruelty and forgiveness ,Depression and elation and everything human .
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