The Voice of Paris - Taha Hussein

Taha Hussein was certain that a mature literary taste, in order to form and clarify its features, required listening to different voices; voices from different times, in different languages, and from people of different cultural backgrounds. This contributes to opening the skies of perception, nourishing thought and emotion, and developing critical faculties. From this perspective, he conveys to the reader through this book his impressions of twenty-three plays, representing social events and human situations narrated by French, American, and Hungarian storytellers. Taha Hussein adopts an attractive and interesting approach in conveying them. He does not limit himself to the role of a translator who redraws words with a different script than their original, nor does he take the stance of a critic who merely analyzes the text and highlights its merits and flaws. Instead, he immerses you in the atmosphere of the story; you see and hear, and your curiosity grows to experience it and live with its characters and authors.