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4 Works 77 Membros 5 Críticas

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Obras por Osama Alomar

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1968
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Syria

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Críticas

I really enjoyed these short allegories (modern fables?) which range in length from a few sentences to several pages. Although the book could easily be read in an afternoon, I enjoyed savoring them by reading only a few a day and often rereading the ones from the day before – much in the same way I read a book of poetry.

I will be adding a copy of this book to my personal collection, since I know I’ll want to resample it.
 
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streamsong | 2 outras críticas | May 14, 2021 |
The short stories in this collection range far and wide with people, personified animals, and more as the main characters in these fable-like parables and allegories. Originally written in Arabic by a Syrian author now living in the United States, each one is anywhere from a sentence or two to a few pages long. In a sense they were very poetic, and I didn't always feel like I understood everything about every one. But they were intriguing, and I spent a pleasant afternoon reading them all.
 
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bell7 | 2 outras críticas | Apr 2, 2021 |
Short allegorical stories which reveal essential truths about humanity. Alomar's insights resonate with compassion and love, while calling out those behaviors which serve to separate us from our fellow men.
 
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kivarson | 2 outras críticas | Jul 22, 2017 |
It was by way of an article by Lydia Davis in The New Yorker last December that I first heard of this book / pamphlet.
http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/osama-alomars-very-short-tales
Alomar fled Syria six years ago, leaving behind not only friends and his culture but also an established literary career.
These are short short stories, like Lydia Davis’s, but these are more powerful and urgent. Some stories are about concepts that become concrete objects or even personified.
PRICELESS
After years of searching, I was finally led to the place where I could see Freedom. She was on exhibit in a museum surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by thousands of heavily armed men. She looked sad and broken. When I asked on of the guards why she was there, he pulled me strongly by the arm and whispered in my ear, "She's priceless!"
They talk of freedom, beauty, love, politics, oppression.
TONGUE TIE
Before leaving for work I tied my tongue into a great tie. My colleagues congratulated me on my elegance. They praised me to our boss, who expressed admiration and ordered all employees to follow my example!
This very slim booklet is much too short. I’m looking forward to finding more work from this eloquent and poetic writer.
Highly recommended!
… (mais)
 
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TheBookJunky | 1 outra crítica | Apr 22, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
4
Membros
77
Popularidade
#231,246
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
5
ISBN
5

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