Without wings

Without wings by Hala Ismailin, the love of woman and love of homeland, a relationship whose secret is known only to those who have lost both together. In the novel "Without Wings" by the Syrian writer Hala Ismailin, the homeland goes beyond being a source of inspiration, a space for confession, and a realm for the manifestation of the absent beloved, to become a fundamental building block in shaping the text; and that is why the struggle for love and homeland are two sides of the same coin in extracting meaning that is only realized through awareness of the value of life itself. In the text, it is that thing which you feel emanates from the land, and its heroes are mixed with its clay. The author's vocabulary expands to all levels of storytelling, contemporary news and tragedies erupting in the text to live another life, a life after absence or after emptiness. Here, the self becomes filled with emptiness, emptiness from clusters of longing, reasons for life, and filled contrary to all that, with sadness, loss, and disappointment, from life, love, homeland, and friends. From the atmosphere of the novel, we read: "... If you knew, Mustafa, how much I desire a final departure that carries me to you... but I was all this time in your love, a weak butterfly unable to fly, lost without wings... I tore my cocoon and crawled behind your brightness, enchanted by the light... so she missed that the lantern's moth, unless it burns, becomes blind!!" Item number 9786140116184 Author: Hala Ismailin Pages: 174 Year of publication: 2014 Publisher: Arab House for Science Category: Novel and Short Stories Format: Paperback Weight: 0.400 grams Size: 14*21 cm