Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth

Naguib Mahfouz Akhenaten, Dweller in Truthis a novel written and published by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz in 1985. It was translated from Arabic into English in 1998 by Tagreid Abu-Hassabo. Quotes I said no more, but the flames of rage continued to burn inside me.....Why should we protect those who contributed to our own destruction?" (Akhenaten, Mahfouz, 82) A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil” (Page 131) Those who followed Akhenaten to the end seemed to believe in conscience, they believed in God before and despite of His weak messenger (Page 142). for Nefertiti, “beauty and brilliance combined,” who believes in his cause and does everything she can to stand by her husband (Page 124). One can believe that Akhenaten was indeed a “mouse that fancied himself a lion” (Page 80) “Life is a sky laden with clouds of contradictions” (Page 27). Some see Akhenaten a betrayer of the people’s trust, an Oedipal adulterer, and his wife Nefertiti conniving, unloving, and disloyal (Page 99); External link Category:Literary works Category:Novels