Acrophobia

About this book

Between the awe of falling and the soaring of the dream. Have you ever wondered why we fear heights? Is it the fear of falling, or is it that hidden call from the abyss seducing our souls into surrender? In the novel Acrophobia, writer Ahmed Fikry Al-Aswany takes us on a journey that is not merely a passage between cities but a dive into the depths of the human psyche swaying between the chains of reality and the wings of the dream. The tale begins in Fawara in Aswan, where the Nile witnesses the struggle of generations, there where men are born with a visa of departure prepared in advance, as if estrangement were a destined fate with no escape. But Siraj decides to face his own acrophobia: he confronts not only his fear of high places but the traditions of his village that see staying as defeat and education as a luxury. Through the pages of this book you will discover that fear, when exposed to the sun, vanishes, and you will travel with the father writing his memoirs from beyond the borders of absence, trying to repair with words what the distances ruined. It is a novel about faithfulness, about the mother who waited with body and soul, and about sons searching for themselves in their fathers' old notebooks. If you are looking for a work that touches your sorrows and answers the eternal question what is the difference between estrangement and death? then this novel is your gateway to learning that only those who dare to dream are the ones who arrive.