An Inner Calling

About this book

An Inner Calling moves between valley and city, memory and the present, as its characters search for themselves amid love and loss. Maryam seems to live at the edge of time; Murshid embodies the hidden spirit of place; Aziza carries a secret bound to life and forgetting. A garden full of mysteries, an ancient almond tree, a bird that appears and disappears, and music that speaks beyond words give the novel its dreamlike atmosphere. Amin Ghanem blends everyday detail with surreal and existential questions, inviting readers to notice the invisible threads connecting people to one another and to the natural world.