The collection of books

Author's name: Gustavo Fabieron Patiyaur Publisher: Al-Arabi for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2021 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: A calm, isolated character in a tower of books and bundles of paper whose color resembles the dull sunlight, and in his world he is a stranger to the outside world. He reads about the lives of the departed in volumes of "Octavia," printed in noble languages, and studies both time and place without submitting himself to the harshness of time and place, a prisoner surrounded by columns of printed paper, unread manuscripts, Eastern characters, and every moment of human history available to him in alphabetical order and covering the walls of his room, safe from everything except his gaze. He spent thirty years of his life in this place, from which he leaves alone after dark, with a volume pressed to his chest, holding his finger inside at the page he stopped at, and the "Book Collector" carefully verifies the similarities and differences between the real world and the world his memory knows from books: the city he lives in is changing, and every night the number of homeless people in its corners increases, along with crowds of strangers crowding the alleys and paths or staying in the side streets and lanes. The "Book Collector" records this sudden transformation in his mind with all the amazement of the world.