Qasim, a lost young man, is forced to assume identities he did not choose, and always pays the price for mistakes he did not commit. But he finds an escape from his life and circumstances when the doctor, Ramzi Al-Nawawi, suggests that he travel with him to the country of the leader, “Big Boss,” to perform a mummification operation on the leader’s young daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances.
Their arrival is accompanied by a mysterious epidemic spreading in the country that only attacks girls. Ramzi finds his opportunity to propose a project to “decorate” the deceased women, and he is soon faced with accusations and accusations. However, Qasim, who is drawn after the doctor like a bewitched person, and under his illusion, is unable to confirm the truth of what is being said, nor to deny it. Does the doctor really have anything to do with the epidemic?
This time, breaking into a new world, Maryse Conde leads us from one mystery to another, in a breathless plot that strangely combines issues of identity, race, and religion, to tell us about the “flowers of darkness,” whom Ramsay believes are the only ones worthy of desire.
About the novel.....
Rashid is a twenty-year-old young man, an orphan of parents. He grows up in the care of his aunt in Dubai. After his aunt’s death, he decides to return to his father’s house in a village in Fujairah. He brings workers to restore the old house and gets to know his neighbors in the village, and the father, Abdullah, and his granddaughter, Maryam.
Voices and ghosts begin to appear from the wall of the house, and each of them tells a story related to Rashid’s parents. The ghosts continue to appear and tell their stories, and Rashid becomes immersed in these stories, until the whole truth comes together about the death of his parents, the fire on his father’s farm, and the location of the treasure that was stolen, and the novel ends with his discovery. For the location of the treasure that Maryam’s father recovered and hid in a safe place until he found it, Rashid also searches for the real Maryam and marries her.
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