5/30/2023 0 Comments Amin maalouf origins![]() ![]() The themes of culpability and alienation from a country remain entwined throughout the novel which grapples with the legacy of the Lebanese Civil War.Īt the center of Les Désorientés is the rift between Adam and Mourad, Adam’s best friend from university. Through the title, “The Disoriented,” Malouf links this biblical exile from paradise to the protagonist’s estrangement from his country of origin. In the Bible, Adam and Eve’s sin is the reason humans are banished from the garden of Eden. ![]() In the long term, all the sons of Adam and Eve are lost children.” In the journal entry that opens Les Désorientés, Adam addresses the Biblical origins of his name: “I carry in my name the birth of humanity, but I belong to a humanity that is extinguishing itself . . . . ![]() “I carry in my name the birth of humanity, but I belong to a humanity that is extinguishing itself . . . . ![]() Both of these definitions apply to the protagonist of the story, Adam, a history professor living in France, who is visiting his native Lebanon for the first time in 25 years. The title of Amin Malouf’s novel, Les Désorientés ( The Disoriented), has a double significance: both “lost,” and “removed” from the East. ![]()
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