In this novel, Zarzis' distinctive style of black comedy and the satirical sense of every calamity that fate throws over the heads of his heroes is present. A captivating novel that heals the wound of memories and sews with sarcasm the bitterness of sorrow, according to a disciplined aesthetic that avoids profanity and tautology. The sarcasm here is not intended by itself as much as it is a side show to live what happened in that wondrous country.
In a sarcastic language, Azhar Zarzis lures us to follow the life of an obscure photographer, whose goal is to live in peace and die without noise. Kamal, a photographer who carries his camera and roams the markets and ancient alleys, chronicling the lives of the people and the city, finds himself one day involved with an armed gang, which shocks him and turns his chest into an arena in which panic bulls compete. Events proceed and escalate in a dramatic manner, and the silencer weapon appears, trying,as it were, to put a logical end to the journey of the defeated. It is a journey of suffering and happiness that begins with finding a small stone among the weeds in the Garden of Jinn in Mosul, then standing at the Martyrs Bridge in Baghdad, where the face of the Tigris withers and the memory of drowning.
Product details:
Format: Paperback | 320 pages
Language: Arabic
ISBN-13: 9789922671246
Publisher: Dar Alraafidayn
Publication date: 2023
Category: Fiction
Author: Azhr Gergees
Dimensions: 14 X 4 X 20 cm
Weight: 520 g
Kuwait
Bahrain
