Guardian of the Berries

Author's name: Mona Al-Tamimi

A novel that creates magical worlds unique to it, with a kinetic and colorful saturation that leaves you in awe. Worlds crowned by the writer "Mona Al-Tamimi" with a pure existential discourse that engages with existence in its beauty and sublimity; as much as it is a discourse that represents the self's awareness of its extreme isolation, its immersion in the silence of the interior, and its surrender to the shadows of memory and the suggestions of cold alienation; immersed in its monotony. Only nature heals the wounds of the soul and heart of the hero of her novel. Let us read between its pages a story about a man’s relationship with nature in vivid surreal images. He chose to live far away in a forest in the hope of extinguishing the fire whose embers shattered the fragrance of his heart, the beauty of his memory, and tore the strings of his heart. The reason is his knowledge that his closest friend was in a relationship with the woman he loved... The friend preferred silence and hid the matter in the name of love... It is a novel that resists classification. Its beauty lies in its virginity, the purity of its images, and the warmth of its letters. It bleeds the heart and heals it at the same time. The writer, Mona Al-Tamimi, introduced her novel with an introduction in which she addresses the reader, and among what it says is: “... Focus on the wonderful dream. Be steadfast in the strength of your heart, and overcome all the burns that left painful scars. Focus on the human being inside you, who needs the straw that broke the camel’s back, and revealed the naked truth, to help you, and illuminate The path is ahead of you. To know the meaning of loyalty in your painful journey, and that the pure truth is what the loyal seek, to reinforce within us the luxurious concepts regarding the indicators of love, honesty, and beauty. From the atmosphere of the novel we read: “... When you feel the loyalty of those close to you, you close your ears to any word about them. Because they occupy a large share of your heart. And you also deafen your heart. Your silence remains closed in on itself, because of your faith in them, and in the beauty of their souls. Until the decisive moment comes. And you discover that they were nothing but bandits who plundered all your treasures, and the ammunition you obtained from this world. They suffocated your breath, then stole the spoils and fled.
In this life, every person sometimes meets their own angel, a new human being. As long as they are alive, they can rebuild what has been destroyed. This novel is dedicated to all those who do not surrender to illness and injustice.