All things

Overview of the novel The novel "All Things" by Buthaina Al Essa attempts to dismantle the relationship between the individual and authority, whether this authority is represented in literature, the state, or the global system. The novel questions the usefulness of confronting the system, and whether it is possible for the individual to exist outside it at all, or if, at best, they are a gear in the very machine they try to dismantle. The novel begins with the moment "Jasim Al-Azeemi" returns to Kuwait after four years of absence to attend his father's funeral. He finds himself forced to confront a memory full of defeats, a world without horizon, and a stolen future. This is a novel about the conflict between generations, the search for the true meaning of the word homeland, the fall of slogans, the purpose of struggle, and the responsibility of existence itself, about writing as a way of knowledge, and about all the things one faces on the way to reclaim their self. All Things: Author: Buthaina Al Essa Language: Arabic Publication date: 2017 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Dar Al Arabiyyah Lil Ulum Nashiroun Number of pages: 333 Genre: Short stories and novels