Magic Realism book on ME

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Magic Realism book on ME 2015-12-11 20:55:10 Post No. 7450786
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Magic Realism book on ME Anonymous 2015-12-11 20:55:10 Post No. 7450786 [Report]

Sup /lit/

What is the equivalent of A Thousand Years of Solitude for the Middle East? I am looking for a magic realism book to write about and I am particularly interested in the Middle East with an Arabic speaking background. So far I can only think of a 101 Arabian Nights.

Anonymous 2015-12-11 20:55:51 Post No.7450790
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 20:55:51 Post No.7450790 [Report]

>>7450786
why's james cryin? cuz he just got dunked on.

Anonymous 2015-12-11 20:56:52 Post No.7450792
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 20:56:52 Post No.7450792 [Report]

midnight's children maybe?

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:06:09 Post No.7450827
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:06:09 Post No.7450827 [Report]

>>7450786
I unfortunately haven't read Marquez yet so I can't make a direct comparison or link. Maybe you'd be interested in Ibn Tufayl's Hayy b. Yaqdhan and Ibn an-Nafis' Fadeel b. Natiq (Theologus Autodidactus)?

1001 Nights definitely is a good place to start too. You can read the Arabic online from here:
https://ar.wikisource.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:06:57 Post No.7450832
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:06:57 Post No.7450832 [Report]

>>7450792
I haven't read it but I know it takes place in India. Do you know if the magic realism is confined to Indian politics and history?

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:08:02 Post No.7450837
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:08:02 Post No.7450837 [Report]

>>7450792
>Middle East

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:14:00 Post No.7450857
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:14:00 Post No.7450857 [Report]

>>7450827
thank you for the response, I'll be sure to check them out

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:17:58 Post No.7450868
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:17:58 Post No.7450868 [Report]

>>7450857
For more modern, look at Kanafani and Imil Habibi. I can't think of much else right now but I'm not well read among moderns.

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:21:14 Post No.7450876
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:21:14 Post No.7450876 [Report]

>>7450868
Oh and he's not Arab but he's famous. Bakhtiyar Ali

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:31:05 Post No.7450911
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:31:05 Post No.7450911 [Report]

>>7450876
>>7450868
What would be the best place to buy these books? Amazon doesn't have a lot of them.

I am going to the Middle East in a month so I might wait until then...

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:33:39 Post No.7450920
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:33:39 Post No.7450920 [Report]

>>7450911
Check bookdepository possibly?

Buying them in the ME would be cheaper though and you'll have nicer editions since Arabs love to take care of and decorate their books.

Where are you going? Do you study Arabic?

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:35:21 Post No.7450922
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:35:21 Post No.7450922 [Report]

>>7450920
And remember that these names can be transliterated in different ways or be written in Arabic so you might have to use several searches.

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:49:33 Post No.7450986
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:49:33 Post No.7450986 [Report]

>>7450920
I am Lebanese -- born and raised in America, but I've lived there for three years and returning there soon. Yes I am studying it, my speaking is alright but I'm working on my fous7a still

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:52:16 Post No.7451000
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:52:16 Post No.7451000 [Report]

>>7450986
هل تعيش في ديربورن أو في مكان آخر في أمريكا؟

Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:57:13 Post No.7451025
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 21:57:13 Post No.7451025 [Report]

>>7451000
كنت أعيش في ديربون و لكنني ذهبت إلي مدينة أخرا للجامعة

وانت من اين؟

Anonymous 2015-12-11 22:00:02 Post No.7451038
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 22:00:02 Post No.7451038 [Report]

>>7451025
أنا في آن أربور

Anonymous 2015-12-11 22:21:19 Post No.7451109
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 22:21:19 Post No.7451109 [Report]

>>7451038
انت من ديربورن ايضا؟ انا في لانسيغ

Anonymous 2015-12-11 22:40:54 Post No.7451171
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 22:40:54 Post No.7451171 [Report]

>>7451109
لا، أنا من غراند رابيدز وأدرس في جامعة ميشيغان الآن. انت في MSU? تتخصص بأي؟

Anonymous 2015-12-11 23:56:06 Post No.7451485
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Anonymous 2015-12-11 23:56:06 Post No.7451485 [Report]

>>7451171
علقات دولي و الفلسفة السياسي. نعم MSU. هل انت عربي؟ و من أين؟

Anonymous 2015-12-12 03:13:05 Post No.7452229
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Anonymous 2015-12-12 03:13:05 Post No.7452229 [Report]

>>7451485
Oh man the way you guys transliterated those places is hilarious.

أنا درست الفصحى أيضا والآن لا أعرف ماذا سأفعل

ادعوا لي

Anonymous 2015-12-12 03:15:43 Post No.7452233
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Anonymous 2015-12-12 03:15:43 Post No.7452233 [Report]

>>7452229
أين درستها؟ ماذا تعمل أوهل تبحث عن وظيفة؟

Anonymous 2015-12-12 03:17:25 Post No.7452235
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Anonymous 2015-12-12 03:17:25 Post No.7452235 [Report]

>>7451485
ماشي. أنا من أصل عراقي

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