Houses of sorrow

Manazil al-Lou'a: Author: Mahmoud Al-Samarai Language: Arabic Publication date: 2024 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Aseer Books for Translation, Publishing, and Distribution Number of pages: 208 Description: The hardest moments of loss are the path to recovery, getting out of the dilemma, crossing into habituation then routine. It is true that death implants in us a huge ache, rooted in homes like a seedling, then it enters to reach the details, the things, the memory, the time. Hadiya and her mother are overcoming all this and starting an unknown journey. Where is Faraj? No man with them. Two carried the burden of travel on their shoulders, and they did not come to a result. Hadiya realized she was about to venture into a difficult sea; thoughts pour out, and no exit appears. Mohammed is absent, and these absences stirred bitter despair within her, she stretched until she felt he was lost in the surroundings, then her mind returned to the man, "Someone is waiting!" she said. Tiswahen, the wife of Al-Mulla Adnan, said this during her last visit after his return from Baghdad, hinting at Al-Mukhtar who had cut off from them, and he still dies of longing for her. Hope was not broken; he is patient like a camel. She looks at her mother and sees her always listless. She thinks about the fates that appear blurry, she stretches on the bed and calls for sleep.