Amber and rosaries...the hobby of the elite: You will find, dear reader, between these pages some of the magical power that emanates from this yellow stone, weaving a garment of passion to search for the secrets hidden in amber. Your interest, dear reader, even a little, in the amber stone will be for you the beginning of an endless love. The more you enjoy it, the more you will be enchanted by its magic. You will find yourself faced with two choices: either you can be enchanted by it...or you will be enchanted by it. Talal Al-Rifai
He was working in a sales company to support his family, which consisted of a father, mother, and sister. He worked to pay off his father’s debts that had burdened him. He is the “good son” as long as he performs his duty to the fullest extent, and any change in this is accompanied by anger, rejection, and neglect. In his workplace, which he found himself forced to live with, the state of domination and control by the chief of staff on the one hand is clearly evident, while on the other hand, it is matched by a state of subservience and submission on his part.
In fact, he has an unconscious desire to be fired from his job, but he fears for his family. From here arises a state of schizophrenia, as the two models of the cruel father and the boss represent the controlling authoritarian principle, and this is what arouses in him both submission and the spirit of rebellion.
He tried to follow the rules, to be a polite boy, to be rational as his boss described him at work... and between all these honest attempts, we find him completely losing himself, and he began to experience a surprising existential crisis!
Here he wakes up from his nightmares one day to find himself transformed into a disgusting “insect”!!
At first glance, he thought he was still dreaming, and amid the chaos and unreasonableness of the events, he needed conclusive evidence to confirm to him the veracity of the event, and this is what he got when he found his family shocked and terrified by the horror of the event. Then he realized the reality of the event and exclaimed, saying: “No, it is not a dream.” .
One spring day, Don Juan lands in the garden of a cook who runs a restaurant near the ruins of a French monastery. A friendship is established between the two, and the adventurous traveler tells his friend on dark evenings his stories with women, each of whom is of indescribable beauty.
There are literary characters who are born and do not die. Over the years, these characters witness multiple births, each time taking on a different form and a new dimension. Among these characters is Don Juan, to whom Peter Handke returns in this novel, to raise many questions, and to present his reflections on love, the spirituality of love, and the passage of time, destroying the common image of his hero, presenting a new one. Claiming that all previous Don Juan characters were fake, and that "Don Juan" is the real and honest one.