The Blue Elephant
First edition
AuthorAhmed Mourad
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic
PublisherDar El-Shorouk
Publication date
2012
Pages485

The Blue Elephant (Arabic: الفيل الأزرق) is a novel by Ahmed Mourad and published by Dar El-Shorouk in 2012.[1] A film of the novel starring Karim Abdel Aziz premiered in 2014.[2]

Plot

After 5 years of optional isolation, Dr. Yehia Rashed resumes his practice in Abbasia Mental Health Hospital where he finds a surprise awaiting him..

In "8 west"the wing which decides the fate of those who committed crimes, he meets an old friend with a long past. Now this man's fate is between Yehia's hands.

More surprises flow over him and his life flips upside down, for what started as a try to understand the truth behind his friend's past, is now a thrilling adventure to discover himself and what is left of him.

Ahmed Mourad takes us in his third novel to behind the scenes of a strange world which he spent two years studying its details. It's a strange trip where we find the deepest and strangest mysteries of the human soul.[3]

Reception

The Blue Elephant was short-listed for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[4]

References

  1. ↑ بوك, FoulaBook-مكتبة فولة. تحميل كتاب الفيل الأزرق تأليف أحمد مراد pdf (in Arabic).
  2. ↑ فيلم - الفيل الأزرق - 2014 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2022-06-19
  3. ↑ "رواية الفيل الأزرق pdf أحمد مراد". galisi-ebook-pdf.com. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  4. ↑ "The Blue Elephant - Ahmed Mourad". International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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