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Hell by Henri Barbusse
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“Who will dare to tell everything?
who will have the genius to see everything?�

This book is a maze. It's like a very difficult puzzle that nobody can solve. And when you read it, you realize that that maze and that puzzle are just YOU! It's a mirror actually, simply reflects your own image. When you see your image , you'll be really shocked! You'll scream for help maybe! You'll realize the "Hell" you're living in.

“There is no hell, no inferno except the frenzy of living.�

It's in this book you'll meet yourself. It's one of the best books I've ever read.
It's the story of a man who watches his neighbors through a hole in one of the walls in his room. Though he tells different stories, but you can sense a lot of similarities between them. They're all talking about the same "tragedy": Life!

“In life's tragedy, separation is the only thing one sees�

It's about loneliness. It's about an outsider, who deeply feels that he doesn't belong to this world. And he believes that people all over the world are outsiders, but they're lost and blind and don't know it!

“Like everybody else I am a copy of the truth spelled out in the Room, which is, "I am alone and I want what I have not and what I shall never have." It is by this need that people live, and by this need that people die.�

“If everyone were like me, all would be well.�

I strongly recommend this book. It's a must read. It's really unique.
When we realize that we're living in "Hell", we'll search for "Paradise" and we'll find it.
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Reading Progress

July 14, 2013 – Shelved
July 14, 2013 – Shelved as: to-read
August 1, 2013 – Started Reading
August 22, 2013 –
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August 25, 2013 – Shelved as: قائمة-الكتب-المفضلة
August 25, 2013 – Shelved as: قراءات-2013
August 26, 2013 – Finished Reading
July 23, 2014 – Shelved as: مفضلات-2013

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message 1: by The (new) - added it

The night gazer nomad a five stars book ? waow , was it really that good ?


عماد العتيلي Sure! I read it right after I finished reading The Outsider by Colin Wilson. Give it a shot :) you'll love it ^_^


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The night gazer nomad what's the relation between the two books ? I mean why did you tell me that you read this book right before finishing the outsider ?


عماد العتيلي I read it AFTER The Outsider, not before! Because in The Outsider, Colin Wilson introduced and discussed Hell :) :) so The Outsider encouraged me to read Hell ^_^
I recommend you read The Outsider first, then Hell.


message 5: by The (new) - added it

The night gazer nomad ohh , ok , thank you , :)


message 6: by The (new) - added it

The night gazer nomad but there is another thing , you said that wilson introduced hell , I would like to know , how did she introduce a book she did not write ?


عماد العتيلي No problem :)
Sorry, I didn't understand your question!!
BTW, Wilson is a he :) :)


message 8: by The (new) - added it

The night gazer nomad I understood from what you said earlier that you read the outsider , then , hell ,
and in the outsider wilson talked about hell , right ?
but why would he talk in his book about another book (hell)that he didn't write ! ?


عماد العتيلي Ok. you know, The Outsider isn't a novel!! it's a book that discusses some novels and writers. It discusses the notion of 'The Outsider' and introduces the novels which had outsider protagonists :) It's a book which talks about other books.


message 10: by The (new) - added it

The night gazer nomad ohh , I thought it was a novel ,thanks for the clarification :)


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The night gazer nomad surprised that there are book reading fans like you in jordan


message 12: by The (last edited Jun 08, 2014 12:28PM) (new) - added it

The night gazer nomad I'm from tunisia by the way , do you know where that is ? because many don't , once an american or a europeen person asked me did you ride a lion or something like that ! just because we are in north africa


Dania Abutaha انا عكسك بديت باول ٣٠صفحه للامنتمي ووقفت لارجع اقرا الكتب الي حكى عنها متل الغثيان لسارتر و الجحيم لهنري باربوس مشان افكر برايه بدل ما اتشبع فيه 😁


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