مسكرا

Book name: Muskra Author: Arbil Dorfman Publisher: Nineveh Book classification: Novel Number of pages: 200 About the book: Except that Dorfman's analysis of everything superficial goes beyond that (one hesitates to say: deeper than that). In the changing area in which the writer alternates between everything real and imaginary, and in which the events of the novel revolve, the face is no longer part of our natural self but has become part of a culture. The face here is a mask inherited from our fathers to a large extent, so the son inherits and renews his father's mask or face. For this reason, this paternal system continues forever. Our face is part of presenting ourselves, just like our clothes, but we cannot take it off in the same way we take off our clothes. However, it is a mistake to think that beneath this face we wear lies our true self, because there is nothing like us not wearing a face. The only exception to this rule is the presence of a small child whose facial features have not yet formed, especially a small girl like Oryana. Another exception is the faceless man in our novel. But a small child or a man without a face cannot be part of this social system.