What is the book by Khalid al-Chamisiego? Just a collection of conversations with taxi drivers, multi-million eyes and ears of the cultural melting pot, which is the capital of Egypt, Cairo Well-tailored compositionally reportage from a country with a recent outbreak of the revolution - the effect of, inter alia, to the overlap problems that raise the caller author? Or is this a loose story of the road, broken down by 58 votes (many taxi drivers are interviewed by the author) bitter-sweet story of everyday life of Egypt? As one of those who create it, "who learns what and how, this is no longer surprising," . Whoever reads Al-Chamisiego ceases to be surprised at some of affairs, and in Egypt and its problems look from a broader perspective - especially knowing the history of this country and how in it "arranged" the president Murabak, as well as "arranged" the others. By his conversations with taxi drivers podrasował bit like some of these cars we drive. For they are devoid of the chaos of random records interviews conducted by random people. Al-Chamisi getting into a taxi and its driver talking about himself, his life, his family and his country in a bit surprising. Information may also wonder about the interpreter, that he tries to give accurate language dialects, the language of little literary language of everyday life. Although not until the end of such a language we have here, will not that "Taxi" does not believe. This book does not claim a right to think, to bear witness to some truth. He has a part to reveal this truth. And part of the truth about Egypt here know. Part if only because that Cairo taxis do not lead women and their voice is not committed.
taxi drivers, many of the contributors are people weary of life, which is constantly struggling with the lack of money and development opportunities as their cars are struggling over time and less likely to resemble the cars drive on the streets stoppered passengers. Many of them were in a taxi from the case. There are also those for whom human wożenie after Cairo is not so much sense, as an explicit objective of life. Each of them in his taxi obwozi ills, of which he is able to speak directly or through metaphor. The latter uses often unconsciously, but they add "Taxi," an additional color. What they tell you all of them are disillusioned with life and men?
talk about Egypt, which is falling apart internally. The country, which awaits only the worst, if the rulers are called "power without elbows and no legs." It is also a country in which the Egyptians themselves are not able to change anything. "People in this country is so shattered dust. Without any value ". Is it so judged, they can change anything? "Taxi" is a story, however, extremely dynamic, and so are the relationship between the government and the Egyptian people, which al-Chamisi trying to describe. ambiguity judgments about Mubarak mixed with peanami in honor of the former president of the country, Anwar as-Sadat. Opinions about the Egyptians against the passivity of what comes Mubarak, are contrasted with stories of smart stock market players and other combiners, who are trying in various ways to oppose what the government imposes a presidential. And recent events in Egypt show that what I listened for some time, the author of "Tales from the course after Cairo" is a really explosive mixture of sentiment and the facts of life on the Nile.
"Taxi" is also a witty book and a collection of stories at least entertaining. Because apart from poverty, exhaustion, falling asleep at the wheel with fatigue, in addition to smoking, teasing and passivity, al-Chamisi describes mainly taxi drivers with a sense of humor and those with whom you just choose a course. Why? Not just to hear about Egypt and its bolączkach. To discover, inter alia, the house haunted by a genie, listen to a woman passing in a taxi look amazing metamorphosis, learn about the amazing memories of moviegoers and learn how to intelligently beg.
"Taxi" was on the road and is a book without beginning and without end. A collection of anecdotes and a few bitter truths, but also a lively prose that takes into Egypt, which still do not know and we will certainly not such as when paid holiday in the resort on the Red Sea.
Publisher Karakter, 2011
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