The passing age - Horizons of knowledge

The passing age, Al-Mazini's intellectual journey from reading to writing, this is a luxurious intellectual biography of a different kind, combining the sweetness of expression with the depth of the soul and the wisdom of age. It contains lessons and experiences, enjoyment and benefit, and admirable colors of rare frankness, and a gentle unveiling of the secrets of a restless human soul, observing it closely, written by a skilled craftsman who best explains and excels in revealing its inner secrets, influenced by his long companionship with Russian stories and their narratives, and their impact on him is significant. A biography that is not lacking in honesty, which many autobiographies lack, but is a mirror that reveals the soul of its owner in his satisfaction and anger, his arrogance and humility, his joy in what he has presented and his remorse for what he neglected. He makes mistakes and admits them, excels and boasts, cares little about the opinion of the reader, and pays no attention to the stance of the world towards him. Everything is trivial to him, even how he appears, or how he regrets something missed, or looks forward to what is coming, as he describes himself. And who among the great writers dares to admit that he does not understand philosophy, or to confess that he re-reads Arabic literature because he hurried through it the first time, or openly states that he writes for bread, not for literature, or openly abandons poetry even though he was once counted among his poets because he saw himself as not belonging to that realm? And who among them allows himself to acknowledge the guidance of a peer, or even an opponent or enemy? Leave aside the great writers—how many ordinary people admit their mistakes and regret their youthful follies? And the surprises of Al-Mazini that you will encounter in this book are endless!