A review by dirtydima
الموت عمل شاق by Khaled Khalifa, خالد خليفة

5.0

Reading this book was hard work! The novel can be described as a hyperrealistic piece rather than a work of fiction. A documentation of a painful journey from south to north resembling the Syrian conflict itself as its flames travelled across the country sweeping every inch of land. As tension builds between characters and their trip becomes all the more precarious their hellish ride reveals how much of yourself you're bound to lose when living under a an opressive regime. The hardships they encounter along the way mirror the protagonist's innermost struggles as well as the country's and its people's. The writer is a Syrian through and through. I highly recommend delving into this eye-opening tragedy for those curious to understand what it means to live in Assad's Syria.