In this novel, questions and answers intertwine to such an extent that it is often difficult to distinguish which is which. The ongoing dialectic in its chapters continuously triggers and maintains doubt and intrigue. Why does Amouria remain a world without maps? Does Aladdin Najib find a path out of its labyrinth in his passionate, tumultuous, and contradictory confessions about the death of Najwa Al-Amari? She is the captivating woman who blends the reckless nature of Al-Sawalima and their desires with the profit and loss calculations nurtured by her family and society. How does this relate to his story with his past, with his siblings Safaa and Adham, his uncle Hussam Al-Raad, his aunt Nusrat, his rural and tribal ancestors, and his other tale with the impossible and madness embedded in Najwa Al-Amari, within himself, and throughout their era in all of Amouria? Two eminent novelists, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and Abdul Rahman Munif, combined their talents in an astonishing manner in a unique creative work, evoking an atmosphere filled with confusion and resentment, desire and ecstasy, in creating this city, Amouria, which the reader has never visited before and, after visiting, its illusions will linger within them for a long time.

Publishing house: Dar Al-Tanweer for Printing, Publishing, and Distribution Number of Pages : 383 Year of publication : 2004