• The book's author was the first Arab writer to win the Goethe Prize in 2011 for being 'the most important Arab poet of our time'.
• Most of his works have been translated into French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Greek, and Polish.

A summary

What should I rely on? On the square of zero, or the triangle of lust? On the pyramids of ether, or the tents of history? On the winds that evaporate from graves, or on a hungry dove? Does the flower ultimately have nothing but a pit like the neck? Does the butterfly ultimately have nothing but the flame? Should I ask: how does this world end, or should I ask: how did this hell begin? Do I befriend the wolves of nature? Kill those that rest under my nails? Focus my vision on my insight, and this on that, and accompany to their ultimate lands the scent of a dying rose. The sky's garment started getting soaked with wounds. Then, the miserable ones learned to sing with us: the bird is passing by, and the cage has no end. The sun loves the paths of Maya.

Publishing house: Dar Al Saqi for Publishing and Distribution

Number of Pages: 128

Year of publication: 2014