Behind the Wall of Memory

About this book

Behind every face we pass in the crowd stands a solid wall of memories, a wall built not of brick and stone, but of stifled screams, laughs lost in the winds of years, and departed faces leaving nothing behind but a trace that aches the soul. This book is no mere short-story collection for the eyes to skim and pass, but a bold invitation to stand before that wall and touch the cracks time has made in our souls. In a style blending human philosophy with psychological drama, Mariam Sultan takes us on a journey beginning at "Sixty Springs," where the cold future spits out a person when he can no longer work, reaching "A Deferred Memory," where grief we deny for long years confronts us at the moment of truth. These are stories about all of us; about the fear of death, and about the wish to hold on to life even in our most broken moments. Why do we forget? And is forgetting truly mercy, or merely a fragile wall we try to hide behind from the truth of our old selves? In this work there are no ready answers.