On the peaks of misery

Author's name: Abdullah Munaad Publication: Dar Al-Tanweer for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2013 Literary classification: Novel Book summary: Religions have separated us and love has gathered us.. so do not regret.. for love is our faithful guardian..". With these words, Abdullah Munaad opens his novel "On the Peaks of Suffering," and with these words, Samiha also lived in her being, a praiseworthy love like a gentle innocent cat, without knowing what disappointments and pains the days hide for her. In this novel, Abdullah Munaad discusses the subject of intimate love relationships during adolescence, that is, in the stage when the young man and girl are not able to commit, as well as discussing another issue related to this relationship, which is the difference in sects and religions that makes marriage between two different religions unacceptable in traditional Arab society, especially since he wrote the story in the sixties of the twentieth century, doing so by delving into the personalities of the characters, the movement of the soul, and its interactions with surrounding circumstances, with much realism reflecting the traditions of Arab society regarding marriage from a different religion, considering that Samiha was Christian and Madooh was Muslim. Samiha insisted on marrying another young man as a solution chosen by her family to keep her away from marrying Madooh, despite his request for her to marry him, which was rejected. So he chose to travel and distance himself from the one he loved, and each of them lived his world of pains and misery alone... Additionally, Abdullah Munaad introduced this perspective with an introduction in which he spoke about "the (time) of the novel... not about the (novel) itself.