Book Description | Have you ever tried to stand on stage and act out your character with all its contradictions and mistakes? The events of this novel revolve around a group of actors who work in the theater, and they are asked to act out a play prepared by "Abbas Karam Younis"; one of the main actors in the novel, which deals with their real personalities as he sees them, highlighting the other side of the character, so all of these characters begin to justify him, and find motives and reasons behind their actions. These characters carry many connotations that "Naguib Mahfouz" was keen on in this work, and perhaps the most prominent of these characters is the character of "Karam Younis"; the father who lived a troubled childhood that made him addicted to opium, denying principles and sanctities, and believing only in material things; The character of his son, Abbas, who also grew up in an atmosphere devoid of values and principles, but he rebels against this situation and clings to dreams, values, and virtue, so his writing of the play was a major revolution. |