Avtor romanu provodyt′ chytachiv vulytsyamy suchasnoho Damaska ta proponuye vlasnyy pohlyad na zhyttya u misti, yake zaznalo vtrat pid chas viyny v Syriyi. Holovnyy heroy romanu — pys′mennyk, yakyy namahayet′sya zoriyentuvatysya v noviy, zruynovaniy viynoyu real′nosti. Vin pokazuye nam, yakym ye povsyakdenne zhyttya v Damasku — vodnochas trahichnym i rutynnym. Spyrayuchys′ na sviy dosvid zhurnalista, poeta i prozayika, CHalil′ Sveylech nadzvychayno obraznoyu movoyu pyshe pro vtracheni mozhlyvosti, dokory sumlinnya y peredusim pro kochannya, yake popry vsyu zhorstoku real′nist′ probudzhuyet′sya u zraneniy dushi.
TSey roman ye vazhlyvym vneskom u skarbnytsyu suchasnoyi arabs′koyi literatury. Vin otrymav prestyzhnu premiyu SHeycha Zayida u 2018 rotsi u nominatsiyi chudozhn′oyi literatury.
