Esta serie narra el viaje de un joven idealista que navega por un paisaje sociopolítico represivo. Profundiza en las complejidades del amor prohibido, el atractivo del pensamiento revolucionario y los dolorosos compromisos que se hacen en la búsqueda de la libertad. Mientras los deseos personales chocan con las demandas ideológicas, el protagonista lidia con la desilusión y la fragmentación de la identidad. Estas novelas ofrecen una mirada cautivadora sobre el coraje, la traición y la búsqueda de la verdad en una sociedad que exige conformidad.
In his tranquil middle-class neighbourhood, eighteen-year-old Hisham doesn't quite fit in. He's a philosopher who spends days reading banned books and developing political ideals. His Saudi Arabia is embroiled in conflict, torn between ancient tradition and newfound prosperity. This work offers a look at the roots of dissent in the Arab world. schovat popis
The year is 1970, a period of crisis in the Arab world. Twenty-year-old Hisham has enrolled at university in Riyadh to study politics and economics. But this city has more than academic qualifications to offer a man of Hisham's mettle, and he soon discovers a strange underworld of alcohol and prostitution where fear, pleasure and politics merge.