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Author's name: Hassan Matlik Publisher: A joint work between Al-Rafidain and Taqweem for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2024 Literary classification: Letters and Dialogues About the book: This book includes all the dialogues conducted with the Iraqi writer and painter Hassan Matlik, some of his letters to family and friends, and letters from his friends to him. They are truly rare, as the reader will feel themselves... all of them carry a special significance, in terms of their literary aesthetic value, cultural and documentary reflections. The letters and dialogues reveal to us the other side of their owner, about ideas and feelings, problems and dreams, beyond his creative texts, and about the seeds of those texts and their influences. It is also a testimony to his era, as they belong to different stages, from his beginnings before reaching twenty, up to the last year of his life. The contents of this book are rich with various ideas and topics, some related to family, love, friendship, writing, war, countryside, city, art, literature, death, and life in general. We will also get to know Hassan Matlik as a person and artist in different situations... thus, it sheds much light for readers, lovers, and scholars of this creative figure's works and biography, illustrating his maturity and shaping his vision of himself and the world. His brother, Dr. Mohsen Matlik Al-Ramli, prepared and edited this work, briefly clarifying what suffices to introduce each material within it. Among Hassan Matlik's most important works (1961–1990): "Dabada" (novel), "The Power of Laughter in Aura" (novel), the book "The Eye Inside" (diaries and poems), "Complete Short Stories," "The Book of Love... Their Shadows on the Ground" (memoirs), and "Writing Standing... Reflections on the Art of the Novel" (reflections).