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Le Cycle de l'invisible #2

Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an

Éric-emmanuel schmitt patricia benecke patrick driver

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Internationally acclaimed play of cross-cultural friendship.
Paris in the 1960s. Thirteen-year-old Moses lives in the shadow of his less-than loving father. When he's caught stealing from wise old shopkeeper Monsieur Ibrahim, he discovers an unlikely friend and a whole new world. Together they embark on a journey that takes them from the streets of Paris to the whirling dervishes of the Golden Crescent. This delightful, moving play has already been a huge hit in Paris and New York. Performed in thirteen countries and published in twelve languages, it is also an award-winning film starring Omar Sharif. Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an received its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre on 17 January 2006.

42 pages, Hardcover

First published June 13,2001
Series
Le Cycle de l/invisible
Literary awards
deutscher buchpreis (german book prize), 

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Format
42 pages, Hardcover
Published
January 17, 2006 by Methuen Drama
ISBN
9780413775900
ASIN
0413775909
Language
English

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Cynthesia
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April 25,2025
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И до днес, щом нещо не върви, аз се въртя.
Въртя се с една ръка към небето и се въртя. Въртя се с една ръка към земята и се въртя. Небето се върти над мен. Земята се върти под мен. Вече не съм самият аз, а един от онези атоми, които се въртят около празнотата, а тя е всичко.
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JustmeLuiza
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April 25,2025
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“Понякога е по-добре да изоставиш едно детство и да оздравееш от него”
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jcrayz
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April 25,2025
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4/5 - nuvelă cu potențial de roman, mi-aș fi dorit să parcurg un drum mai lung cu această poveste

Pe scurt, cartea este despre cum un adevărat mentor te poate ajuta să îți accepți și să îți ierți trecutul și să înfrunți viața ”one smile at a time”. Nu trebuie să ai o legătură de sânge cu un om pentru ca acesta să poată să îți fie părinte.

”Sufletul omului e o pasăre închisă în colivia trupului.”

”Omul a fost mai întâi mineral, apoi vegetal, apoi animal - nu poate uita că este animal, adesea este ispitit să redevină animal -, apoi a fost om înzestrat cu o conștiință, rațiune, credință. Îți imaginezi drumul de la stadiul de pulbere până azi? Iar mai târziu, când îți vei depăși condiția de om, vei deveni un înger. S-a terminat cu legătura ta cu pâmântul.”
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Champ_X
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April 25,2025
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أنها مشكلتي الأزليه مع الاعمال المترجمه ...
لا أستطيع تقييم عمل مترجم بصورة سليمة لأني لا أدري ان كان ضعف الاسلوب عيب العمل الاصلي ام هو خطأ المترجم ...لكن دعوني أتخطى هذه النقطة ..ولنتحدث عن القصه ...
انها حكاية مراهق يهودي تربطه علاقة قويه بالبقال المسلم ذو الاصول التركيه بعد ان كان يستحل سرقته لأنه عربي !
والد ذلك المراهق يهجره ثم ينتحر ...ما يدعم صلة المراهق ب بالعجوز العربي ...ويدفعه لتبنيه والرحيل معه في رحله من شمال اوروبا لجنوبها ليرى مسقط رأسه وهناك يتوفى العجوز ويعود الفتى ليجد كل املاك العجوز آلت ملكيتها اليه ..ويغير اسمه لمحمد دون ان يسلم وتمضي به الحياه
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كل من قام بنقد الرواية لفت نظره ذات النقيصه ...نجد ان ابراهيم الشخصيه المسلمه في الروايه هي من تشجع الفتى على مواقعة العاهرات و نجده ايضا يحتسي الخمور ...مبرراً ذلك بكونه صوفي ممن يؤمنون ان الايمان في اعماق النفس !
كما انه يتبنى المراهق اليهودي ...والتبني مرفوض اسلاميا ...مما ساهم في زيادة الصورة تشويه ...فهكذا لن يكون المسلم وسطيا الا لو زنا او على الاقل حرض وشرب الخمر ...وتبنى يهوديا!
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نترك تلك القضيه ايضا لقضيه أراها أكبر و أهم
المراهق موسى ....
دائما ما يرى كل اب اخطاء ابناؤه المجهريه نقائص عظيمة الحجم ...ويلجأ لمقارنتهم بأخرين ...هنا أخترع الاب ابن احلام افتراضي ...وضع فيه كل ما كان يتمناه في الابن وحلم بكونه اب مثالي ...لهذا الابن وهذا الابن فقط هو من يستحق أبوته ...أهمل ابنه الحقيقي ...وكان مرتاح الضمير وهو يفعل ذلك لانه لو يملك شيئا من صفات الابن الافتراضي
وع هذه الفكره أعطيت القصة النجمتان
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القصة تلقي الضوء ع ان الراحه الحقيقيه والسعاده تجدها في اليقين ...فابراهيم البطل المسلم الصوفي وصل لليقين بالله وخبر مافي القرآن بقلبه ..ووعاه بينما والد المراهق لم يصل ابداً للايمان الكامل

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هذه القصه شديده القصر لن تضييع وقتك اطلاقا ...لأنها لن تستهلك منه الكثير
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Adub217
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Uma quase fábula que impele à crença nos recomeços e nas segundas oportunidades, um hino à diferença e à amizade desinteressada, e um périplo de duas almas em busca do seu destino que nada mais é do que um renascimento.

Um excelente livro para atrair jovens às fileiras de leitores.
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DuckSashimi
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The Art of Smiling


What a beautiful love story involving a jewish teenager and a middle aged musslim!...

And... at this very moment... after this startling beginning, I believe a short break is required — long enough to avoid that menacing wave of negative thoughts that I feel coming my way:

"A love story between a middle aged guy and a teen?!"
"What does she mean by that?!"
"Gosh! What a pervert!”...

In my defense, I feel obliged to say, that I'm definitely not a pervert, and I intend to prove it, in the following lines of this review:

As we all know, love is a feeling that expresses itself in a wide variety of forms!
Among them, is the love between father and son, and that's the one I definitely mean!...
Moses, a young jewish boy, whose mother was not around and whose real father didn't know much about affection, needed someone to love him and guide him along his life path. Or, to put it clear and simple, he needed a parent substitute.

Since whenever something is truly needed, life itself finds a way to provide it, our Moses got himself a male parent in the person of Ibrahim - a quite peculiar grocer, who found great joy in the flowers of Quran. In simple words, Ibrahim was using the gem of religion, to embellish life.
This musslim grocer, was standing for Moses unaffectionate father - he was his tutor and his master, and among other things, he taught him the art of smiling...

This book is passing a quite positive message - in here, we find religion as a source of harmony, instead of segregation.
After all, one of religion's purposes is to guide us into better beings, though in our era, it's something mostly forgotten.
In this story, the author recovers the core of religion, and somehow, he shows us how to use it as a contribution to a better world...

I'm not religious but that's ok with me!
It's a brilliant idea you got there, Mr. Schmitt!
You have my 100 per cent support
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Tchurubangos
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April 25,2025
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ناخودآگاه این کتابو با کتاب ملت عشق مقایسه میکنم و یاد بیت

هیچ آدابی و ترتیبی مجوی
هرچه می‌خواهد دل تنگت بگوی

مولانا می افتم و اینکه کاری که این کتاب با این تعداد کم کلمات و صفحات انجام میده، ملت عشق با ۵۰۰ صفحه نمیتونه انجام بده
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Scinn
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April 25,2025
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O nuvelă excelentă despre dragoste și iertare și cronica unei lumi privite prin ochii unui copil care reușește să supraviețuiască în ciuda abandonului. Un lucru nu am înțeles, cuvântul "roman" scris pe copertă având în vedere că textul nuvelei nu depășește 50 de pagini.
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