Spider in the heart

In a world where the boundaries between reality and imagination fade, and the "Game of Life" intertwines with the "Game of the Novel" in a mesmerizing absurd fabric, the novel "Spider in the Heart" takes us into the depths of its unique worlds. "Bibo," the man who had a spider nest in his heart, preventing him from love, meets "Mervat," who lives on the fringes of life and finds refuge in the strange. They meet by chance to find themselves facing a fantastical world they have never hidden from before. A world where fragmented stories and characters inspired by heritage and cinema are intertwined in a distinctive poetic style. This novel does not present a traditional story but is a journey into the heart of writing itself, making you doubt everything you read, and discovering that nonsense and uncertainty are the essence of the artistic game. An innovative literary work that invites you to an unconventional reading experience that provokes your mind. Mohamed Abu Zeid; an Egyptian poet, novelist, and journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of the Cultural Writing website, has published nine poetry collections and three novels: "The Dog’s Head Epic," "The Prophet's Trace," and "Spider in the Heart," which won the Sawiris Cultural Award — for senior writers, and received the Soad Al-Sabah Poetry Award for his collection "Rain Passed Through Here," as well as the State Encouragement Award in poetry for his collection "Hell." His poems have been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and German.