About the Book:

Coffee is like cigarettes; it only gives its pleasure when you become addicted to it, by persisting with one type of bean, the grinding method, its aroma, the feminine feel of the cup, the waiter who serves it, the mutual emotions with the other café patrons, the impatient crow that lands on the light pole at ten past eight, checks on the Asian vendor and his humble stall in front of the metro station entrance, then nods twice and flies off again, the café's dove, the group of male teenagers who refer to me as the "forty-something libertine," as Tiza told me, the young girl who races against her eagerness every morning to enjoy her first cigarette here, away from her mother who doesn't yet know that her child has matured enough to become a café customer.

• Author: Abdel Nasser Al-Ayed
• Publisher: Fadaat Publishing House
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Category: Stories/Novels
• Number of Pages: 248