A novel of a small death
Author: Muhammad Hassan Alwan
Pages: 592
Book size: 21×14
Ibn Arabi sought from Andalusia to Mecca, in search of the key to his soul, and he did not know that “Nizam” was this key. While they were attending the lessons of her aunt, “Fakhr al-Nisa,” Ibn Arabi fell in love with her and she fell in love with him, winking at her and winking at him. To discover that in the heart there are lonely pillars, closed rooms, and basements in which feelings accumulated that he could not test in the Sufi life that he lives.
In "A Small Death", the halo of legends about Ibn Arabi is removed, so that we can get to know Ibn Arabi, the human being, who is of flesh and blood: he marries and divorces, cries and laughs, loves and adores...
It should be noted that this novel was selected in the short list of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2017 (Booker).