Orange Room

By Alwan, Arif

Book Id: WPLBN0003437349
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 2.59 MB
Reproduction Date: 1999

Title:	Orange Room
Author:	Alwan, Arif
Volume:
Language:	Arabic
Subject:	Fiction, Drama and Literature, Art
Collections:	Art, Authors Community, Physics, Fine Arts, Literature
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Publisher:	Mira Publishing House cic

Member Page:	Arif Alwan
Citation APA MLA Chicago Alwan, B. A. (n.d.). Orange Room. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
A one chapter novel. The events progress through 45 minutes only. Yet, it covers 30 years of the life of the female protagonist. There are 3 characters: a husband, a wife and her lover. All are going from the Lebanese town Bhemdoon towards Slayma (another Lebanese town), which they never reach. The time pressurizes each of them in different ways. But the three ways lead them all to a dramatic end of the conflict, which has been going on inside the speedy car, which in turn represents a new destructive element in the human’s life.

Summary
A one chapter novel. The events progress through 45 minutes only. Yet, it covers 30 years of the life of the female protagonist.

Excerpt
Completely engrossed in the joy of driving a new car. He remembered when he grabbed her hand and took her to the window, and said: This car is for you. She couldn't hide her excitement. Yet, she always complains that the relationship turned into a living hell! Suddenly, feelings of sadness and frustration broke into his heart. After all that happiness and love she used to express, and he felt it in her eyes and in the details of her body! No doubt, there is an affair behind this change, although she denies it .. but who might be behind her madness?!