City of Steam The Complete Short Stories

Author's name: Carlos Zavondar Publisher: Al-Jamal Publications for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2022 Literary classification: Short story collection Book overview: "City of Steam" is an extension of the literary world in which "The Forgotten Books Cemetery" revolves, whether in terms of developing unknown aspects of some characters, or in terms of delving into the history of building the legendary library, and because the themes, motives, and atmospheres of these stories are familiar to the readers of the epic. Cursed writers, dreamer architects, impostor identities, marvelous buildings, highly enticing description fluidity, skill in weaving dialogue, especially the promise made by the story, the tale, and the act of narration itself, taking us to a new and astonishing world. It is a short story collection that offers a sample of Carlos Zavondar's skill in constructing distinguished and unique literature, in which we see features of the emergence novel, the thriller novel, the historical novel, the Gothic, and the romantic, without losing his impressive artistic touch for the story within the story model.