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Balcony of Abyss
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Wikipedia article
Balcony of Abyss is one of the novels in the Balcony series by the Palestinian author Ibrahim Nasrallah. The novel was first published in 2013 by the Arabic Scientific Publishers. The novel was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014.
The Balcony Series
The Balcony series consists of a number of novels, each novel standing on its own. This series is the other face to his Malhamatul Malhatil Filistiniya or Palestinian Comedy.
About The Novel
The novel consists of three characters: A professor, a lawyer, and an executive minister. These characters live in a divided reality spanning twenty years before Arab revolutions, up until the final blow. The minister knows nothing other than land violation. The professor knows nothing other than harassing his students. The lawyer knows nothing other than injustice. In the background, the besieged human margin is the only thing able to resist this fascism. Balcony of Abyss is a novel about the layers of the human ego, as well as the layer of Arab bureaucracy, and its ability to change it appearance without changing its principles.
References
Category:Arabic literature
Category:Palestinian writers
Category:Palestinian literature
Category:2013 novels
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