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The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
Book Details
Author(s)Naguib Mahfouz
PublisherAnchor
ISBN / ASIN0385423349
ISBN-139780385423342
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank357,806
CategoryFiction
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In this provocative and dreamy parable, a young man disillusioned by the corruption of his homeland sets out on a quest to find Gebel, the land of perfection, from which no one has ever returned. On his way, Ibn Fattouma passes through a series of very different lands--realms where the moon is worshipped, where marriage does not exist, where kings are treated like gods, and where freedom, toleration, and justice are alternately held as the highest goods. All of these places, however, are inevitably marred by the specter of war, and Ibn Fattouma finds himself continually driven onward, ever seeking. Like the protagonists of APilgrim's Progress and Gulliver's Travels, Naguib Mahfouz's hero travels not through any recognizable historical landscape, but through timeless aspects of human possibility.




















