Book cover for Night shift by Ibrahim Aslan

Night shift

2025 Released
108 Pages
1-2 Hours
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Independently PublishedISBN 9798274157308
Translated by Ahmed Abd Al Rahman

In these opening scenes, Ibrahim Aslan reaches out to slightly open the doors, leading us into the hidden corners inhabited by the whispers of the night's inhabitants-corners brimming with the warmth of hearts when they are close together. He gathers the trees, the sorrows, and the stars of the night, collecting the smiles and hopes of men, gently touching the wounds of the soul with his fingertips, yet without fear, ultimately leading us, with the artist's skill and the creator's artistry, to a complete and unprecedented world that enriches us and fills our souls with an abundance of sorrow, joy, and compassion.
In this work, the writer presents a narrative vision based on condensing sections of storytelling, sections of time, to pause at different and disparate phases in the lives of this small group of people and the life of the homeland they inhabit. He embodies these in scenes, each complete in its own right, yet in their juxtaposition, they offer us a single, continuous thread, with beads of light that tremble, guiding us through the heart of darkness.

Ibrahim Aslan

Ibrahim Aslan (1937-2012) was born in Tanta in the Nile Delta. He published his first collection of short stories, Buhayrat al-misa' ('Evening Lake'), in 1971. The Heron, his first novel, was published in Arabic in 1983. He is also the author of Nile Sparrows (AUC Press, 2004).

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