From the Echo of Memory

About this book

Amid the rubble of times and the echoes of souls.. a journey to save what remains of our humanity. Have you ever wondered what would remain of you if you woke up in the year 3050 to find that your memory is not yours, and your feelings are mere 'algorithms' adjusted every six hours? In his new short-story collection 'From the Echo of Memory,' author Mahmoud Ismail Helmy opens ajar doors onto worlds oscillating between extreme realism and stunning futuristic fantasy, posing the most important question: who are we when our memory is lost? The book begins with a stifled cry in a 'dedication' that touches the heart's core; I dedicate this text to you not as a writer but as a witness to the dimming of light in your eyes. From here, the reader sets off on a mysterious journey beginning with an 'apple' that speaks the language of omens and accuses a mother of killing her daughter 'Zekra' (Memory), and does not end at the borders of 'Heliopolis' (Dokki), which in the fourth millennium has become a 'free memory zone' unrecognized by official maps. In a refined literary style far from the dryness of technique, the author weaves stories.