Two women in Prague

Author's name: Juan Jose Miyas Publisher: Hayat Publications for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2025 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: "I thought that what did not happen in people's lives has a greater impact than what did happen. Each of us carries inside a 'thing not,' meaning: something that did not happen, yet it represents a greater importance in his life than a 'thing yes,' that is, what actually happened. There are people who mysteriously dedicate themselves to the 'thing not' and abandon the 'thing yes.' I thought to myself: I was a skilled investigative writer, but what was most important in my life were not the investigations that earned me awards, but a novel that does not exist. Each of us has a wound that oozes because of the 'thing not,' even the 'thing yes,' no matter how great, cannot heal it." Between a writer who decided to live and write beside her left side, a widow searching for someone to write her biography, and a writer pursued by the question of identity, Miyas constructs a narrative maze woven from paradox and black humor. The narrator does not stand outside the story, but intertwines with the characters and events in a clever mirror game, where the narrator and the heroes exchange roles until the reader himself becomes part of this tangled fabric. "Two Women in Prague" is a novel about loneliness and the desire to belong, and about the stories we invent to understand who we are.