Seventy

Mikhail Naimy

There is nothing more beloved to readers in general than the biographies of writers and great figures. And there is nothing more beloved to the heart of the Arab reader, in particular, than the biographies of their renowned writers, brilliant literati, and prominent historical figures. A biography becomes most captivating and enduring when it recounts the life of a great individual, when its author records it himself with his own pen, and when this pen belongs to an artistic writer and a pioneering philosophical thinker, who encapsulates the history of an era, the suffering of a nation, and the direction of a civilization in his experiences, and who encapsulates the most magnificent forms of transmission and methods of expression in his style. Mikhail Naimy's "Seventy," in its three parts, is what every reader aspires to read. It is a rich record of its author's long life and his human and universal experiences, in addition to being crafted with his splendid brush, creativity, and distinctive artistic prowess. It is the book of Naimy's books, and one of the wonderful biographical books in the Arab library.