A social, humane novel that embodies fraternal solidarity in the most difficult situations of life, and depicts the nobility of sacrifices in life’s various pitfalls and ways to overcome them. It is a bright picture of family compassion between siblings at all stages of life, in the presence and absence of parents.
“I am not Stiller!” The protagonist begins his writing with this phrase, and writes seven notebooks in order to prove that he is not who everyone insists he is. He confesses to unsolved murders, and tells the details of his previous life in Mexico and America among the cowboys and dock workers, but nevertheless, Stiller's wife, friends, and brother adhere to their opinion, while the hero of the novel writes what they say in his notebooks and comments on it, the life of that sculptor, and his emotional relationships. And marriage, and about art and artists and the ups and downs of their lives.
"Stieler" is considered one of the literary pearls, and one of the most important contemporary novels written in German. It is an exceptional novel about modern man and his fractured relationship with identity, and about the self-image of oneself and others. It is a novel written with tenderness and a complex artistic structure that is convincing and enjoyable at the same time. It highlights the exceptional ability of the famous Swiss writer, Max Frisch.
Sweet Batush, Batoul, Turkish Comfort, Mrs. Hard Coin, different names for one woman whose trace has been lost, and finding her alive or dead has become necessary so that her family can obtain a large estate inherited by the mysterious woman; The journey to search for her becomes an opportunity to discover the secrets of the high society of which Batoul was once a part. It is a journey of ups, downs, and transformations of a woman who manipulated everyone and took revenge on them in order to avenge an injustice after she hid a mysterious secret behind her captivating laugh.
In this book, Aziz Nissin directs his harsh criticism to expose the “rot” that has befallen the velvety layers of society, and the opportunism, vulgarity, and absence of values that prevail in them, but he does so by mocking the situations and paradoxes that make men blind their eyes to what they do not want to believe, and voluntarily surrender. To the deceptions and vicissitudes of a sweet Kaptosh playful girl.
