Trip to Japan:
A book in which Emirati writer Jawaher Al Muhairi interviews the creative and well-known personality in the United Arab Emirates (Mansour Al-Japanese), in which he talks about the differences between the Japanese and Emirati people and the common customs and traditions. It also embodies life in Japan, including the joy of living and funny anecdotes.
عن الكتاب في هذا الكتاب محاولة لاختزال ثلاثة آلاف سنة من التاريخ الإنساني بقصص منتقاة عن كيفية اكتساب المرء القوة، أو تفهمه لها من مختلف جوانبها، أو حماية نفسه من عسفها وتسلطها، أو الحفاظ عليها وممارستها بحكمة وتعقل، أو تحييدها واتقاء شرها.
Eduardo Galeano is a genius writer and a lousy football player, but his lack of skill in playing football did not make him lose his passion for this sport, for which he harnessed his abilities as a storyteller, historian, and loyal fan. The book “Football Between Sun and Shadow” is an attempt to “atone for sin,” in which Galeano provides a brief account of the history of football, and the changes that have occurred to the game over time, especially in light of the fundamental importance that the game has acquired in Latin American countries. He also recalls luminous joints. Unforgettable moments on the field, and exceptional players touched by the temptation of running after the ball.
But Galeano, in his book, does not stop at the moments of excitement, glory, and fame only within the confines of the stadium, but rather goes digging into the shadows. To expose the myths that fans and players of this sport believed in, and the racism that followed them, and to also expose the amount of exploitation and corruption that turned this sport into a business, and its players into commodities, thus killing its enjoyment.
About the novel.....
Rashid is a twenty-year-old young man, an orphan of parents. He grows up in the care of his aunt in Dubai. After his aunt’s death, he decides to return to his father’s house in a village in Fujairah. He brings workers to restore the old house and gets to know his neighbors in the village, and the father, Abdullah, and his granddaughter, Maryam.
Voices and ghosts begin to appear from the wall of the house, and each of them tells a story related to Rashid’s parents. The ghosts continue to appear and tell their stories, and Rashid becomes immersed in these stories, until the whole truth comes together about the death of his parents, the fire on his father’s farm, and the location of the treasure that was stolen, and the novel ends with his discovery. For the location of the treasure that Maryam’s father recovered and hid in a safe place until he found it, Rashid also searches for the real Maryam and marries her.
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