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ساق البامبو
By : by Saud Alsanousi, سعود السنعوسي (Goodreads Author)
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Original Title : ساق البامبو [Saq al-Bambu]
ISBN : 6140105234 (ISBN13: 9786140105232)
Edition Language : Arabic
Series : الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية (أي باف) / International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) (2013), جائزة الدولة التشجيعية - الكويت (2012), Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Jonathan Wright (2016)
Paperback, 29, 400 pages
Published 2014 by الدار العربية للعلوم ناشرون (first published May 2012)
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Description : لماذا كان جلوسي تحت الشجرة يزعج أمي؟ أتراها كانت تخشى أن تنبت لي جذور تضرب في عمق الأرض ما يجعل عودتي إلى بلاد أبي أمراً مستحيلاً؟..ربما، ولكن، حتى الجذور لا تعني شيئاً أحياناً. لو كنت مثل نبتة البامبو.. لا انتماء لها.. نقتطع جزءاً من ساقها.. نغرسه، بلا جذور، في أي أرض.. لا يلبث الساق طويلاً حتى تنبت له جذور جديدة.. تنمو من جديد.. في أرض جديدة.. بلا ماض.. بلا ذاكرة.. لا لماذا كان جلوسي تحت الشجرة يزعج أمي؟ أتراها كانت تخشى أن تنبت لي جذور تضرب في عمق الأرض ما يجعل عودتي إلى بلاد أبي أمراً مستحيلاً؟..ربما، ولكن، حتى الجذور لا تعني شيئاً أحياناً. لو كنت مثل نبتة البامبو.. لا انتماء لها.. نقتطع جزءاً من ساقها.. نغرسه، بلا جذور، في أي أرض.. لا يلبث الساق طويلاً حتى تنبت له جذور جديدة.. تنمو من جديد.. في أرض جديدة.. بلا ماض.. بلا ذاكرة.. لا يلتفت إلى اختلاف الناس حول تسميته.. كاوايان في الفلبين.. خيزران في الكويت.. أو بامبو في أماكن أخرى.
Literary Awards : الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية (أي باف) / International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) (2013), جائزة الدولة التشجيعية - الكويت (2012), Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Jonathan Wright (2016)
REVIEWS :ساق البامبو = The Bamboo Stalk, سعود السنعوسی = Saud AlsanousiJosephine comes to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, a spoiled only son. Josephine, with all the wide-eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true love. But when she becomes pregnant, and with the rumble of war growing ever louder, Rashid abandons her and sends her back home with her baby son, Jose. Brought up struggling with his dual identity, Jose clings to the hope of returning to his I'm literally in tears right now !! i can't really explain the emotions tht i can't understand myself ! this book is really amazing and ...it's marking me cry ! The following review was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on September 27, 2015:http://www.philly.com/philly/entertai...The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi is now in English, a celebrated novel in the Arabic-speaking world. Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, it reads like a memoir of the protagonist, José Mendoza, whose name is also Isa Al-Tarouf - one name for each aspect of his identity.José/Isa is born to a Filipino domestic servant and the only son of her employer, So this is my first required university read and I am so glad I enjoyed it. The writing was smooth and intricate which had the story easily flowing. The words were simple enough to understand yet they held such deep meanings. This story broke my heart and made me feel various feelings from good to bad. All in all it was a good book with much diversity and honesty from them lives of those who are considered ‘lesser’ in our society. An excellent insight into life in Kuwait and The Philippines.I've just finished this and I was pretty impressed by the way the author managed to show the full extent of Jose's position as a Philippino/Kuwaiti, both in the Philippines and in Kuwait. I was also surprised to find that this is in fact a translation from Arabic, so full marks to Jonathan Wright, the translator. Jose's mother, Josephine, was a Philippina maid in the Al-Tarouf household in Kuwait, when she fell in love with Rashid, the Firstly let me just say: If you are looking for Arab fiction, you don’t need my review to convince you to pick this up, just get hold of a copy and start reading..#theguywiththebookreview presents The Bamboo Stalk.Saud Alsanousi takes us through the struggles of Isa(in Kuwait)/Jesus(in Philippines), a Kuwaiti-Filipino boy torn apart by identity crisis. Back in Philippines he’s known as the Kuwaiti and in Kuwait he isn’t accepted as one since he looks more Pinoy than Kuwaiti..A conflict between This is the story of Isa, born to a Kuwaiti father and a Filipino mother, the domestic help. Having lived in the Middle East for almost a decade now I found this story particularly interesting and can totally understand the situations that Isa found himself in and the controversy he faced. A really interesting read. The first half of the book meanders along telling the back story of José Mendoza born to a Filipino mother who worked as a maid in the house of his Kuwaiti father. Thrown out by the family, Jose bides his time in Manilla waiting for the opportunity to return to Kuwait, be reunited with his father's family and live in the land of plenty. The inevitable occurs and Jose, now Isa Al-Tarouf, returns to a frosty welcome as the bastard child of a now dead father. The book then focuses on the Kuwaiti's Novel set in Kuwait and The Philippines (“..epic in its breadth and story..”)This is an incredible story of migration and rootlessness and what it means “to belong”. It is epic in its breadth and story, and explores how two unequal cultures are inextricably linked through economic need. And still, it is so much more.Josephine, originally from the Philippines, is working in Kuwait for the al-Tarouf family. The father is long dead, the matriarch, stuck in traditional values, lives with her four For me, it was the kind of book that I couldn't say whether it is really really good or average good! All I know is that while reading it, I felt serene. I loved Jose (Isa); he has a kind heart& spirit. I loved his perspective and analysis of life. I loved how the difficult situations, he suffered from, did not blacken or harden his heart towards his relatives. Tje flow was smooth and the description of the characters was fine. (Sometimes deep and others not) I wonder how the Kuwaitis So, I may be a little bit biased for my 5-star rating. I was so emotionally invested in reading, I can't think clearly. It opened wounds I wanted to hide their invisible scars. The identity crisis Josè Mendosa has may sound weird to some people, they would argue that the story plot is unrealistic, a khaleeji drama or simply an exaggeration from the author's imagination but it described how lost I feel. The protagonist is a product of transnational marriage which one parent is a GCC citizen. For UPDATE, 6 FEB 2016An English version is now available. ORIGINAL REVIEWThe Arabic Booker Prize Winner of 2013 is in short the personal diaspora of lost identity, or to be more accurate DUAL IDENTITY. The protagonist here is always stamped by his OTHER origins. Wherever he goes, he is told that he belongs to the other side. Both sides think of the other as a disgrace, although both sides hold more similarities between them than differences. But it became common behavior that when it comes to One of the best novels added to my favorite works i have ever read. A work full of wisdom and lessons. It showes the descrimination within one society, how a person may be neglected by his family just because he enherited features of other ethnicity. Due to race, skin, face or language changes, a person could be descriminated. Identity crisis is one of the themes tackled in the novel, the protagonist does not know who really is, he is confused about his name; Jose or Isaa or Hose. The work shows Issa Altarouf/ Jose Mendoza is born to a Kuwaiti father and a Filipina mother, spends his childhood and early youth in poverty with his mother's family struggling for an identity, he returns to Kuwait as a Kuwaiti citizen but people can not see beyond his features. Good storytelling, plain writing and cleverly named book sections. Issa's character is too passive he is almost a spectator..
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