Sleep at the foot of the mountain

Book name: Sleep at the foot of the mountain Author: Hamour Ziyada Publisher: Al-Ain Number of pages: 222 Book category: Novels Summary of the book: All people knew that Muzammal Al-Noor would die on his twentieth birthday. Since Muzammal was young, he has been hearing this prophecy. The women visiting his mother pat his head affectionately, whispering: - Poor boy. He will die young. The world is broken. The boys who go out with him to tend sheep jump in front of him and stick out their tongues, shouting: - Death is coming.. Death is coming. The students returning from school, at the top of the village, passing by their house, call out: - Death, death, Muzammal.. Tomorrow you will die, Muzammal! The elders sitting in front of Issa Faqiri’s shop glance at him when he enters to buy sweets, murmuring: - A world without life. May God have mercy on him. The mosque imam, when he sees him perform ablutions in the courtyard of the old mosque, says to him: - May God give patience to your parents, Muzammal. Do your best to obey them. The cars passing near the village point to the scattered houses and say: - This is Muzammal’s village, who will die on his twentieth birthday.