“Adham” was born multiple times, which is difficult to count. And in each of his births, he carries a different personality and another life, to the point where he can be described as multiple versions of a single human being, or to borrow what he says about himself: “I am all formulations. Open endings and closed beginnings. I am the ultimate formula. I am everyone, women and men, a part.” A masculine part in a feminine personality, and a feminine part in a masculine personality. I am the one who desires immortality.
In this novel, Maha Hassan reaches the height of experimentation in writing, ignoring the rules, surrendering herself to the pleasure of storytelling, to the philosophy and philosophies of her hero, trying to write his biography in his endless births.
Maryam, who suffered two miscarriages, lives with delusions and fantasies that make her life resemble a whirlpool of a novel. She is influenced by the novels she reads and immersed in their events that bring her back to the memories of her childhood and adolescence, in light of her conservative family that imposes strict restrictions on her in the name of religion, customs and traditions.
