rural doctor

Author's name: Muhammad Al-Mansi Qandil

This novel is a new experience in writing about the hidden world of the Egyptian countryside, and an attempt to penetrate the primitive shell that surrounds it, which has accumulated over thousands of years. It tells the story of a young rural doctor who undergoes a harsh experience at the beginning of his life, so he begins a new journey to an isolated village in Upper Egypt. There, he suffers from loneliness before finding himself immersed in the details of daily life in the small village lying on the edge of the desert. He falls in love with the nurse, but a surprise awaits him. "A Country Doctor" is the experience of a doctor who discovers that primitive laws still prevail, and that there is an absolute authority that relies on it and derives its strength from distant roots. It is a novel about love, desire, and despair, about a village that encapsulates the world, where humans, gypsies, and ruling powers struggle, and whose hidden memory is filled with the layers of accumulated Egyptian time.