Love in exile (novel)
| Author | Bahaa Tahir |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Language | Arabic |
| Publisher | Dar Al-Hilal |
| Pages |
Love in exile (novel) (Arabic: الحُب في المنفى) is a novel by Bahaa Tahir.
The novel is fictional, but through it the author mentioned a number of real facts, such as the story of Pedro's torture and the death of his brother Freddy in Chile, and what happened in Ain al-Helweh in southern Lebanon according to the testimony of a Norwegian nurse (according to the author, these facts happened as they are, and there are texts quoted from these testimonies as they are).
The novel was published by Dar Al-Hilal in 1995 and is located on 254 pages.[1]
Events[edit]
The events of love in exile take place in the early eighties, before and after the Israeli occupation of Beirut, tells through the mouth of a fifty-year-old Egyptian journalist Nasseri, who was shocked at what his country came to after the departure of Abd Al-Nasser himself, and the country's transition from leader to leader. He went through several upheavals in his married life that ended in a divorce from his wife Manar, after which he traveled to Switzerland where he worked as a correspondent for a newspaper that no longer publishes anything for him, because he is still loyal to Nasser!
The events of the novel continue, he gets acquainted with the Austrian tour guide Brigitte and fell in love with her. Then a wealthy Gulf prince appears in his life, who tries to convince him to edit a newspaper that he intends to create, but the narrator discovers that there are suspicious intentions in his life.
References[edit]
- ↑ "الحب في المنفي - بهاء طاهر | أبجد". web.archive.org. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
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