Bread on Uncle Milad's table

In a closed village community, Milad the craftsman searches for the definition of masculinity as his community sees it, he fails throughout his life to be a man after many attempts, he decides to be himself and forget this definition after he meets his beloved and future wife Zainab, he lives his days inside the house taking on roles traditionally assigned to women in society, while his beloved works to support the household, and thus they invert social roles. Milad remains unaware of his community's mockery until his cousin reveals what is happening around him. The novel discusses the different definitions of masculinity in the village community, but it retains one definition of the opposite of man or "the non-man" which Milad the craftsman symbolizes. Number of pages: 359 pages