Broken Mirrors (2016)

Authors: Elias Khoury

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“But he had felt a chasm open up inside him, that “valley that forms inside a person’s guts to teach him that he’s the slave of time,” as Nasri used to say when flown with wine. The pharmacist drank red wine in inordinate quantities and his tears would run down his cheeks as he listened to Umm Kulthoum singing about waiting for love. He’d answer his sons’ questioning looks at these lachrymose moments by saying that Umm Kulthoum’s voice opened up the bottomless chasm that exists inside us all. Ka...rim saw his father cry only at moments of ecstasy, when the Egyptian singer’s voice became a great womb that expanded to embrace all desires and sorrows. Water and tears, these were the waters of life, Nasri would say as he devoured raw sheep’s flesh. He’d put together little morsels of raw sheep’s liver for his sons and decorate them with mint and onions, and he’d drink and wipe away the tears of ecstasy.
Deep in his soul, Nasri believed himself to be a philosopher because he’d discovered the secret of desire.MoreLess Read More Read Less