The Grave Dance (Novel)
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The Grave Dance (Arabic: رقصة القبور: السرداب) is a novel written by a Syrian political writer and novelist Mustafa Khalifa, published in 2016 by The House of Literature for Publication and Distribution (Dar Al-Adab) in Beirut.[1]
| Author | Mustafa Khalifa |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | Beirut |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | The House of Literature for Publication and Distribution |
Publication date | 2016 |
| Pages | |
| Text | The Grave Dance at Wikisource |
Plot[edit]
Mustafa Khalifa begins by asking a question, "What if Hafez al-Assad does not exist?", He unlocked the doors to a wide imagination of Syrian history. He tells a story of ancient Arabs after Islam and their struggles that established the milestones of the current conflict.[2]
Lebanese scholar "Zahir Abd el-baki" described the novel as «a lesson in the tale of the defeated,» explaining: «The novel offers a lesson in the literary field not only as the tale of the defeated, but as it reshapes history with a fantasy pollinated by real events, capturing us in a thinner isthmus than the butterfly wing between historical reality and fictional synthesis.»[3]
The novel tells the story of the protagonist, a rebellious young man who disobeyed his father to enter the partisan journalism and chooses to write about the opponent in her secret newspaper and unknowingly fell in love with her. he was then imprisoned where he coincidentally encounters a leading figure (Abd el-Salam) and ends up becoming his friend. After an amnesty from the country's Supreme Commander, the young man and Abd el-Salam are released from prison as the events starts developing thereafter.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Raqṣat al-qubūr : al-sirdāb : riwāyah (Libro, 2016) [WorldCat.org]". web.archive.org. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "«رقصة القبور» تاريخنا كما تخيله مصطفى خليفة | القدس العربي". web.archive.org. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ↑ ""رقصة القبور".. درس في حكاية المهزومين". web.archive.org. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
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