The Illusion of Depression and the Secret of Life

About this book

This title is published by Basma Katib Printing, Publishing and Distribution. Marwan, an engineer in his forties, feels trapped between a past that will not leave and a present he cannot begin. An urgent call leads him to a doctor and into encounters shaped by memory, childhood wounds and London's streets. Maan Al-Khaffaf's The Illusion of Depression and the Secret of Life moves between reality and the unconscious. This psychological novel portrays one man's distress through existential questions about pain, silence and the difficulty of facing himself.