Taking off against time

With a revealing vision, profound human suffering, and a luminous expressive style, Emily Nasrallah weaves the fabric of her novel, a testament to an era and a setting, a mirror reflecting the movement of civilization and history. Through exemplary human figures, whose actions, poetry, and thoughts capture the most subtle nuances of that movement, she embodies it with deliberation, depth, comprehensiveness, and brilliant artistic splendor. This modern literary work encapsulates the dynamism of the Arabic novel, crystallizing its most distinctive creative characteristics: analysis, suspense, and psychological, human, and civilizational dimensions rarely found in contemporary narrative literature. It is read, reread, retelled, and studied, representing the culmination of a literary journey in which our great writer still holds a distinguished and leading position. With a revealing vision, profound human suffering, and a brilliant expressive style, Emily Nasrallah weaves the fabric of her novel, a testament to an era and a setting, a mirror reflecting the movement of civilization and history. Through human characters whose actions, emotions, and thoughts embody the subtle nuances of this movement, the novel showcases narrative brilliance, depth, comprehensiveness, and artistic splendor. This literary work embodies the vitality of the modern Arabic novel, crystallizing its unparalleled creative characteristics of analysis, suspense, and psychological, human, and cultural dimensions, unmatched in contemporary narrative literature. The novel is meant to be read, revisited, narrated, and studied, representing the culmination of a rich literary journey in which our great author continues to occupy a distinguished and prominent position at the forefront.