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"Shorafat Rajul Al Thalj" consists of three novels, in one novel, each completes the other and criticizes it, delves into its secrets, denies it at times, and completes it at other times, as it opens the door of doubt widely for contemplation of the events that passed... and this novel comes within the project of the novels (Balconies) which was inaugurated by Nasrallah with the novel "Shorafat Al Hadhyan" that was met with exceptional critical and academic interest. Perhaps the most prominent aspect of this project is that high experimental energy in which this writer writes his text; and if there has been long discussion about the relationship between form and content, then Nasrallah offers an advanced vision in this field regarding considering form as content in itself, and he affirms that there is no existence of pure truth through this artistic construction he presents; thus, the form in this "Arab comedy" manifests as a truly human act, closely linked to the meaning of freedom in an avant-garde novel text that dialogues with the omniscient narrator and doubts his absolute knowledge! A critic wrote when "Shorafat Al Hadhyan" was published: that Ibrahim Nasrallah is reinventing the absurd literature anew; but what we can also sense is his ability, in this project and his other novels, to offer limitless suggestions in the field of narrative structure and to dive into the world of the Arab human being at this current moment with rare courage and depth. Many Arab novels have been preoccupied with the issue of regimes targeting their opponents—politicians, intellectuals, and activists in fields of knowledge and public life—but this novel takes a different direction, contemplating how these regimes worked to destroy each individual, as if every person is a foe and an enemy, turning peoples into gelatinous masses that are ineffective and unconnected, and turning homelands into mere places emptied of their meanings. Author: Ibrahim Nasrallah Pages: 470 Arab Science Publishers