مقالات متفرقة، كتبها فلوبير على شكل يوميات إبان رحلته لمصر قبل 180 سنة! كما تضمنت رسائله فيها لأمه وأصدقائه، مجموعةً بين دفتي هذا الكتاب، وبترجمة لذيذة.

مصر التي أدهشت فلوبير وجعلته يعشقها عام 1850، هي نفسها مصر التي أدهشتني وعشقتها عندنا زرتها أعوام 2020 و 2022 و2023، بنيلها وهواءها وآثارها ومقاهيها وشوراعها ومكتباتها، والأهم بأهلها - بل بأهلي- النبلاء الأحباء إلى قلبي ونفسي.

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I liked this book at the beginning - Flaubert is a masterful and entertaining writer. However, his accounts of the grotesque and the debauched got pretty repetitive. There are a few moments of introspection, but also a lot of orientalist nonsense. I was expecting more from one of my favorite authors.

It is sometimes difficult to imagine this fellow is responsible for some of the most impressive novels of western lit. Nothing much seems to point to his being either particularly observant or a devoted worker. Still travel literature of the era are fascinating for the perhaps unspoiled nature of the Egyptian antiquities being studied.

Intriguing travel book that takes us into the artistic simmering pot of Flaubert's mind. Throughly enjoyed the comparison of Flaubert's and Du Camp's visions of the journey.

I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this book very much if I hadn't been here in Egypt. It really is just a collection of travel notes and observations, but when read in it's proper setting, it provides an interesting perspective on Egyptian culture and history.
It's amazing how some things simply remain in this seemingly fast moving world. All the monuments and buildings described in this book are still here, and life in Egypt doesn't seem to have changed much since Flaubert made his journey.

Le donneur de voie sur Audible à une diction parfaire, le texte que j'écoute avant de dormir fait voyager ! Après Flaubert à tirer sur des chiens errants et à se taper des gamines de 15 ans m'a l'air d'un type louche :p

I love Flaubert. but some of the stuff in this book....
Enjoyed the why it was written.

As per the title: Flaubert's journals/letters/remarks on his travels in "the Orient". Strangely fascinated, totally sensualized, hopelessly eurocentric, Flaubert is an interesting adventurer in a land he doesn't comprehend, despite his many investigations. Not a bad read, I guess, but if it weren't for a class I would never have picked this one up. I should note that the editor has done a lousy job, and it seems rather piecemeal and splotchy, with spliced in letters from others, and no real centered voice emergent.

Picked this book up prepared to be awestruck by the towering ruins of Egypt beautifully described by Flaubert's powerful, moving syntax and narration only to be met with non-stop stories of his whorings, STIs, rotting carcasses and tales of witnessing (and engagement in) human butchery. Still surprisingly a great, fascinating, entertaining read. Highly recommend it for a non-typical preparative read for an Egypt vacation.

Una recopilación de cartas, en la que Flaubert con su maestría incomparable, describe paisajes, restos arquitectónicos, costumbres. Si bien, No es una descripción completa, sino que se trata más bien de unas pinceladas, permite tener detalles de la personalidad del autor, la devoción que profesa por su madre, el cariño con el que se trata a sus amigos. Muy fácil de leer, ideal para un viaje cortó.

Read if you're interested in analyzing the representation of "non-Western" culture through the eyes of a white European male. The sex scenes are particularly illustrative (and nauseating).

Very interesting but a bit boring in places, mostly just acts as an interesting account for Egypt from the perspective of an entitled European guy. some realllly funny and crass parts as well