M

About this book

Between ash and rainbow colors.. the tale of "M" never completed. In Baghdad's corners ravaged by rubble in 2003, where faces fall and masks are exposed, the journey of Sarmad and Mayar begins. It is no mere escape story from an explosive political reality, but a brave dive into the self's and identity's cellars fought by militias and traditions. The tale begins with the creak of informers' shoes in "the Green Zone" and ends with existential questions on Thailand's riverbanks and the Philippines' islands. "M" is no mere letter, but the symbol gathering dispersal; "M" for Mayar, "M" for Mindanao, and "M" for "Rainbow" group that became a death target in a homeland merciless to difference. In a literary style blending reality's cruelty and the soul's transparency, Rasul Darwish takes us on a journey crossing continents and faiths; from Sabean baptism rites in the Tigris to Buddha's emerald temples, where the heroes search for a "truth" no law or faith rapes. It is a novel of loss tearing hearts, of the father who blocked a bullet with his body.