Jabal Al-Ruh

Translation: Bassam Hajar, Mari Tawq Literature: Chinese Literature Number of pages: 860 pages Publisher: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority Cover: Paperback Jebel Al Rouh is like an Odyssey, with events taking place in rural China, where the writer searches for mountains on the borders of imagination and reality. During his constant travels, he narrates legendary shamanic secrets still alive in minds, Taoist sayings, and individual stories, each character reflecting another. A spiritual and existential journey, and an literary document that is only comparable to itself. It is two journeys: a journey in eternal China and an internal journey in which the writer elevates his mountain of the soul through multiple voices, literary genres, and self-reflection. This novel reminds writers of the German Romantic pursuit of creating a universal poem. This translation of Jebel Al Rouh, which its author received the Nobel Prize in Literature, adds exceptional value to its importance among contemporary literary works, as it is one of the last works translated by the late poet Bassam Hajar, who enriched the Arab library with some of the best translations in recent decades, and introduced a new sensitivity to the art of translation, forming a genuine school that is difficult to ignore in the Arab world.