Why does a couple's relationship end? That is the first question the reader of this novel is
prompted to ask. It is the story of a couple tearing itself apart discreetly a couple
transformed without knowing why. A couple tested by time and habits. A woman comfortably set in
the routine of a life lived in tandem. A man who seeks to leave for no apparent reason. Another
who frequents virtual women. A third man who hides behind the cabalistic life-saving phrase
justifying his departure: Marie I don't love you any more. War. Death. Their impact on a
loving relationship. This novel also takes up the notion that women often go through the same
ennui the same situation the same emotions and that men resemble each other regarding their
attitudes their silence and their relationships to women. For the heroine Tina silence as
with indifference kills by degrees. Ezza Agha Malak's magnificent novel about the love story
between two mature people who share a lot but cannot live together any longer will move its
readers in depth and for a long time.
