Fotografía de autor

Thani Al-Suwaidi (1966–2020)

Autor de The diesel

1 Obra 19 Miembros 2 Reseñas

Obras de Thani Al-Suwaidi

The diesel (1994) 19 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1966
Fecha de fallecimiento
2020
Género
male
Nacionalidad
United Arab Emirates
Lugar de nacimiento
Ras al-Khaima, United Arab Emirates
Lugar de fallecimiento
Cairo, Egypt

Miembros

Reseñas

I read an extract of about a dozen pages out of 88 or so, vignettes 12-14 because that was all I could find. The English translation seems good and tells a fascinating story in poetic prose. The protagonist appears to be trans* in some sense. Maybe one day I'll be able to find and read the whole work.

Quote

An elector on the elect: "We don’t want a president who will apportion us. We want a president who will be apportioned among us, who will alter our crisis with his mighty sorcery and who will interview our bodies with his kisses and with the materializing embrace connecting alleys and streets."

The opposite of subtlety: "Then I longed ever so much for your body. I felt that my asshole needed a little coffee. I daringly walked barefoot over the sand. Behind my back, beneath that tree, you were the first fruit that welcomed me in town."
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spiralsheep | otra reseña | Nov 30, 2020 |
This book was really strange. It was told in non sequitor parables, and even after thoroughly reading the introduction, it was pretty confusing. That said, even though I don't feel like I have a good grasp of what really happened, the language was, at times, beautiful.
 
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jekka | otra reseña | Jan 24, 2020 |

Estadísticas

Obras
1
Miembros
19
Popularidad
#609,294
Valoración
½ 3.3
Reseñas
2
ISBNs
3
Idiomas
1