Taxi
(0)
By: Khaled Alkhamisi
Genre: Short Stories
Publisher: Dar Al Shorouk
Year: 2008
The Arabic edition of this book was our book of the month October 2008. Taxi - French edition
Further Reading
Related Articles
وصف مصر من جديد في تاكسي
By: Salwa Lubani
By: Salwa Lubani
سائق التاكسي أو زوربا المصري
By: Galal Amin
By: Galal Amin
Taxi
By: Editor
By: Editor
Taxi Talk
By: Khaled Alkhamisi
By: Khaled Alkhamisi
Upcoming Events
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness Discussion
April 27, 2024
Join us for a special discussion of Joseph Conrad&...
A writer, a vision, a journey: a conversation with Francis Boyle
February 24, 2024
This event took place on 24 February 2024 Yo...
Discussion of Fawzia Assaad’s An Egyptian Woman
November 25, 2023
In celebration of the life and outstanding achieve...
Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, A Presentation and Discussion
October 28, 2023
This presentation and discussion of Toni Morrison&...
Admin - 4 years ago
من ارشيف تعليقات القراء 2008
name: Ali Tal
Although the pacing and some of the tales are uneven, Khaled Alkhamisi's "Taxi" is relatively quick and happy-go-lucky read. The fact that the main character (assumed to be the writer himself ) has a naturalist eye makes this book a valued study in the evolution of the teeming ecosystem of Cairo. I admit that I did get bogged down a bit in certain places, but overall I felt that getting through the book was entirely worthwhile, even though it left me wondering ‘who’s this ‘I’?’ who seems to spend his day jumping in and out of taxis. It’s quite obvious that the author has a sharp eye and good ear, he also has a natural penchant for storytelling. What struck me most in the book that Khaled Alkhamisi could have been travelling in any rickety taxi anywhere in the Arab world. Not once did I think the author is trying harder than he needed to prove that he knew his subject matter. The taxi drivers are in fact the same men roaming the streets of any Arab city or town. Though the repetitiveness of hardship and bad management of Egypt got a bit annoying, it is still the core subject for Arab citizens anywhere. The cabbies are shaped by their environment, their interactions with others around them and their place in the pecking order. I may complain a little about the lack of any redeeming characteristics of the assembled cast but all of them have cynical characters and are recognizable creatures of their milieu.
name: Borhan Riad
I found the story about the seat belts particularly hilarious but also quite revealing irrespective of what the objective truth maybe, clearly there is a disconnect here between ordinary people and their government.
name: محمد عابد
أجمل ما في هذا لكتاب وافعيته فالمؤلف المبدع لمس بدقة كبيرة نبض الشارع المصري، وعبر بكل بساطة عما يتردد بالفعل من احاديث وافكار بين المصريين وبعضهم.
name:
هذا ليس أدبا بمعنى الكلمة فهو مجرد ثرثرة، وبالتالي فإن نجاح هذا الكتاب في حد ذاته هو اكبر دليل على التطور السلبي في الثقافة العامة في هذا البلد. ففي حين روايات أعظم الأدباء بالكاد توزع طبعة او طبتعتين هذا الكتاب الهايف وزع 11 طبعة ........ بذمتكم دي بلد ؟؟
name: Sarah Mortada
I get the sense that the author chose a particularly uncomfortable perspective of Egyptian life. This in itself is very clever because a person who spends most of his life in cairo’s traffic lives in a kind of hell. I am sure however that there are other less desperate perspectives from which to describe this wonderful country.
name: Khaled Mohamed
الصفة الرئيسية التي يبرزها هذا الكتاب في الشعب المصري هي الماسوكية، أي التلذذ من جلد الذات، فلا يكتفي الناس بأن يقضوا أعمارهم قرف في قرف، بل يقضون الجزء المتبقي من وقتهم في الشكوى من مشاكلهم اليومية، ثم لما يبدوا الترفيه عن أنفسهم قليلا يذهبون للسينما لمشاهدة افلام كلها غم في غم او يشترون كتاب كهذا يكرر عليهم نفس الشئ.
name:
هذا الكتاب المتميز لا يظهر فقط متاعب المصريين في حياتهم اليومية وإهمال حكوماتهم لهم، وإنما يبرز كذلك البعد الحضاري للإنسان المصري مهما قل شأنه، ومهما بلغت معاناته، فالحضارة في هذا المكان متأصلة ومتواصلة، رغم كل التحديات.
name: Rita Naim
This is a fascination collection of vignettes that cleverly encapsulates both the suffering, endurance and humor of modern day Egyptians. Congratulation are in order to Khaled Alkhamisi and to Arab World Books for their excellent selections.
name: الشاعر والناقد أحمد الدمناتي
حياة سائق التاكسي شبيه بعذاب سيزيف،يعيش مع العداد في فضاء واحد.كل واحد يشكي للآخر همومه،السائق بعصبيته ومزاجه العكر،والعداد بروتين قاتل من بداية رحلة لصبح إلى المساء.في الثنائيات ما يجعل العالم غابة ألغازتتحير قارئة الكف في فكها بسلام...عين ساخرة ترصد بانوراما الشارع المصري بدقة متناهية