Turki al-Hamad je saudskoarabský spisovateľ, ktorý sa vo svojej tvorbe venuje kontroverzným témam, ako je náboženstvo, politika a sexualita. Jeho romány často skúmajú stret medzi tradíciou a modernitou v saudskoarabskej spoločnosti, pričom sa zameriavajú na výzvy dospievania a hľadanie identity v búrlivej dobe. Al-Hamadov štýl je charakteristický svojou úprimnosťou a snahou podnietiť diskusiu o spoločenských tabu. Jeho diela sú písané s cieľom provokovať myslenie a otvárať priestor pre racionálne úvahy.
The year is 1970, a period of crisis in the Arab world. Twenty-year-old Hisham has enrolled at university in Riyadh to study politics and economics. But this city has more than academic qualifications to offer a man of Hisham's mettle, and he soon discovers a strange underworld of alcohol and prostitution where fear, pleasure and politics merge.
In his tranquil middle-class neighbourhood, eighteen-year-old Hisham doesn't quite fit in. He's a philosopher who spends days reading banned books and developing political ideals. His Saudi Arabia is embroiled in conflict, torn between ancient tradition and newfound prosperity. This work offers a look at the roots of dissent in the Arab world. schovat popis