The criers

It is not a historical novel, but perhaps it is against history, and yet, it is based on history, on a tragic history far away that has become a daily event due to its overwhelming presence, a novel in which the tragedy of blood and the overflowing tears in the eyes meet with passionate romantic love, and its events cascade from the heart of old Manama, from its rich memory of everything, from the biography of its people, their dreams, frustrations, and struggles. It is a novel packed with many characters that you feel you know each one personally because of their familiar realism, rich in social, political, and ritual details, and concerned with the biography of a very traditional society, but it suddenly explodes with the outbreak of a religious revolution nearby. Time moves back and forth in the novel between the past and the present, between politics and society, between religious rituals and love, weaving the destinies of three generations with conflicting ideas, desires, and orientations, generations that differ in everything, and are only united by quick-flowing tears and crying. Author: Aqil Al-Mousawi Language: Arabic Publication date: 2024 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Takween Publications Number of pages: 376