The Curse of the Zuhri

About this book

Born with markings that others interpret as signs of a Zuhri child, the narrator is exploited as a key to tombs, treasure, and forbidden rites. From inside a psychiatric hospital, he recounts a childhood delivered into the hands of sorcerers and years spent following voices through ancient dust. Seif Abu Ghali's dark psychological novel examines superstition, abuse, buried innocence, and the desire for revenge, asking whether a fate imposed by others can ever be escaped—and whether a curse ultimately follows the victim or the tormentors.