01882cam a2200385 a 4500 17259838 20260503155050.0 120417t20122009nyu 000 1 eng d 2011277532 9780307742582 (paperback) 17259838 (OCoLC)760174396 YDXCP YDXCP BKX BDX DLC AU eng ara lccopycat Alfaisal Main Library PJ7846.A46 2009 Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006. Sarāb. English The mirage : a novel / 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, ©2009 473 pages 21 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Translation of: Al-Sarāb. A stunning example of Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz's psychological portraiture, The Mirage is the story of an intense young man who has been so dominated by his mother that her death sets him dangerously adrift in a world he cannot manage alone. Kamil Ru'ba is a tortured soul who hopes that writing the story of his life will help him gain control of it. Raised by a mother who fled her abusive husband and became overbearingly possessive and protective toward her young son, he has long been isolated emotionally and physically. Now in his twenties, Kamil seeks to escape her posthumous grasp. Finding and successfully courting the woman of his dreams seems to promise salvation, until his ignorance of mature love and his fear and jealousy lead to tragedy Mothers and sons Fiction. Mothers Death Fiction. Psychological fiction. local Fiction. lcgft Print books. 4 lcc BOOKS 608542 608542 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2026-05-03 0 PJ7846.A46 2009 AU00000000021471 2026-05-03 15:52:06 165.00 2026-05-03 BOOKS