6/27/2023 0 Comments The queue aziz![]() ![]() I suspect people will have mixed feelings about the ending. It’s a novel all about the banality of evil-when these acts of cruelty become normalized, put into forms, when you can always shrug and put the brunt of the blame on someone else, the government barely need to repress society-people begin to police each other, spread misinformation, and the people who rightfully should be protesting en masse are all too preoccupied maintaining their spot in line, making sure that when the office opens, they’ll get the permit they need to live a life they’ve been promised. It shows in expert, devastating detail how a system of “order” can tranquilize an entire country. ![]() He needs to get a permit to get a bullet removed from his gut.Īziz’s novel is brilliant. Like hundreds of others, Yehya is waiting in line for a government office that-they’re promised-will open any day now. In an unnamed surveillance state, a confusing, never-ending system of bureaucracy paralyzes an entire nation. The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, is a political satire that has fast become a modern classic. ![]()
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