It consists of thoughts and articles, predominantly of a sensual nature, and snippets chosen by the writer from his literary dictionary to touch your heart and influence you as a reader.
In her book, Zinc Boys, Svetlana Alexievich documented the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan between 1979 and 1985. In it, she collected interviews with soldiers returning from the war, or with mothers and wives of soldiers who were killed there, and whose bodies were returned in coffins made of zinc.
The result of the war was thousands of dead, disabled and missing people, which prompted Svetlana to raise sensitive questions about the war: Who are we? Why did we do that? Why did this happen to us? Why did we believe all that?
Svetlana was put on trial for publishing this book, and part of the documents related to the trial were added in Arabic translation.
During his sermon, the president of the country violates the instructions of those around him among the regime’s seniors, which stipulate that he should not do anything or say anything other than what they had planned for him. As a result, they begin work to complete his mission and place a new look-alike in his place from among the twelve look-alikes who train them on everything related to him. The real president, but there are those who are planning a coup against this situation, so what will be his fate?
In this highly contemporary and current work, the German writer recasts history to apply to many countries now, brilliantly depicting how during periods of tyranny many people turn into malleable tools, into machines and puppets. “Disobedience is a disease that leads to death in our country, a disease that is disappearing.”
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