Watching from a Distance: A Stroll Through Time and Place - Softcover

Yared, Ibrahim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863563570 ISBN 13: 9780863563577

Verlag: Saqi Books, 2000

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Book by Yared Ibrahim

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Reseña del editor

Travelling across time and through different countries, Abe was always watching people going about their daily business. For him, the crowd is composed of individuals trying their best to deal with their situations. When a tornado sweeps across a country, it leaves heroes and idealists alone, like Genghis Khan without his warriors or Don Quixote de la Mancha without his loyal Sancho Panza. People look, when calm is restored, to see what remains and start worrying about their personal problems all over again. They feel trapped in a hall of mirrors, which reflect and distort their forms. Some see themselves with a long body and very short legs. They look afraid that their legs will take them to destinations they cannot cope with. Others still see a huge deformed head and appear to be drowning in all the questions oozing out of it. There is always a new image and their original forms become unrecognizable. Outside the hall of mirrors, they start to sort out their problems. For some there are health problems, for others identity dilemmas, family concerns or loneliness. And life goes on...

Biografía del autor

Ibrahim Yared was born in Egypt in 1925 and trained as an electrical engineer. He worked in Lebanon as a consultant for fifty years before retiring. He is the author of In the Middle of Nowhere: A Quest for Belonging and A Cage Without Bars, also published by Saqi Books.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0863563570
• ISBN 13: 9780863563577
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 135