Yesterday I was dead

Author's name: Radwa Al-Aswad

“A wonderful novel, worth reading, and worthy of placing its author at the forefront of this vast crowd of novelists.” Ahmed Sabry Abu Al-Fotouh - Egyptian Novelist “This novel is a feast of disappointments, tears, and defeated love. Geographically, it is spread over vast lands as vast as human suffering, extending from the regions of the declining Ottoman Empire to Egypt. This epic, told through the voices of its characters, summarizes a period spanning more than a century and a quarter, showing that politics corrupts the lives of peoples and religions, so that every nationality or religion develops fangs and claws, digging them into the flesh of those who are different.” Jan Dost - Kurdish novelist and translator "In this novel, Radwa presents an intertwined narrative expression that excels in moving between times, societies, and characters. She infuses her fictional world with solidity and an aesthetic sense, deepening it through her closeness to her characters and her identification with them, transporting us to times and dates filled with the pulse of suffering and transformations in a distinct narrative form." Tahir Alwan - Iraqi writer "Radwa Al-Aswad has demonstrated her mastery of the topics she addresses, through which she has ventured into forbidden areas. She is also adept at narrative narrative techniques and her excellent handling of historical events by blending them with imaginary narratives, making "Yesterday I Was Dead" one of the most important novels to appear recently." Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hamid Khalifa - Professor of Egyptian Literature and Criticism