The golden rose

A brief about the book by Wardat Al-Dhahabiya: An attempt to discover the secrets of literary creativity based on his experience in creating his literary works, and his reflections on the creative works of great writers, not through theorizing, but specifically through storytelling that he witnessed or was told about. From these stories, he derives his ideas about literature and how it should be written. The book also adds in its final chapters very interesting definitions of some of the most famous novelists, short story writers, and poets of his time, from Russians and Europeans in general, such as the Danish Christian Andersen, the most famous children's story writer, the French novelist and short story writer Guy de Maupassant, the Russian short story writer and playwright Anton Chekhov, and others who left their mark on the map of world literature, linking their personalities and their literature, whether in harmony or contradiction. Through this storybook, the author reaches reflections that have continued over many years concerning the complex problems of the psychology of creativity, writing skills, and their various elements, and to conclusions not without lessons, useful even in our current era dominated by modern methods of prose or poetic writing that rebel against previous literary schools and styles. Dostoevsky tells his stories and describes the things he talks about with the utmost detail, narrating extensively, which at first glance might suggest that he is straying from his goal or deviating from the topic. But nothing is free in what he writes, for the patient, thoughtful reader will feel how, gradually and quietly, the ideas the author, in an indirect way, wants to convey to him penetrate deep into his soul. The author’s name is Konstantin Pavstovski. Published by Dar Al-Mada.