Fates of the novel, by: Dr. Saad Al-Bazai

The literary text approaches the world, gets closer to experiences, and gets closer to ideas, emotions, and human relationships, as much as it approaches the language which it can master according to its conditions and according to the conventions of literature to hit a share of success, whether it grows or shrinks. In this book, Al-Bazai discusses Arab novels and analyzes them with the perspective of an expert critic. The book is divided into four chapters discussing violence, minorities, philosophy, and translation in the novel, citing and analyzing novels as examples. "A Sky Close to Our House" by Shahla Al-Ajili categorized it under works in which violence is present. "Index" by Sinan Anton, mentioned twice, describing Anton as the cultured novelist, and listing it under works that present minorities from angles beyond sympathy. The number of pages is 232.