The characters of this novel are searching for a different life. Some of them leave their work in the cotton factory and become sex workers in the hot springs resort, while one of them enters prison of his own accord in search of calm. A third goes to her hometown, discovering strange caves and tunnels, while a fourth chooses a refuge in A rural province, where Chinese herbs are used in traditional medicine.
These characters are intertwined in multiple emotional and physical relationships, while each of them seems like a mirror of the other, as the story of each of them begins where the previous one left off, in a fluid temporal structure.
In this novel, which was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019, Tsun Shieh writes about the meaning of life in its relationship to love, sex, birthplace and work, and about the vanishing border between life and death, between wakefulness and sleep, in a blurry and turbulent plot full of sensual descriptions and vivid metaphors. , its aspects resonate with echoes of magical realism.
King of Thieves:
In short, the novel is a literary and philosophical fiction that is not devoid of suspense, excitement, story, wit, and psychological conflict. It carries within it something of the Arab heritage in general and the Bedouin heritage in particular, including customs, traditions, food, clothing, housing, music, and others. Some wisdom has been derived from the Holy Qur’an and Arabic literature.
......A final word (King of Thieves) is a novel that robs the reader.
Diwan Istabraq
It is my second poetry collection, containing 27 diverse poems
Texts that mimic feelings and play on the string of emotion.
The song is rich in nostalgia and passionate in conversation. I hope it will be accepted by people of good taste.
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