During his youth, the protagonist would sit at the doorstep of his room, gazing at the sky and distant hills, feeding on books and imagining that nothing could stop him from leaping beyond those hills to search for the meaning of both life and immortality. However, with his friends Ahmed and Mazen, he encounters only poverty, hunger, and nightmares. Many questions trouble the characters of "Cold White Sun," a novel by Kafa Al-Zoubi that prompts us to wonder if everything in this universe leads to madness.