The Naked

The novel "The Naked" is published by Risha Publishing and Distribution House, by the eminent writer Ibrahim Issa. Introduction by the eminent critic Rajaa al-Naqqash, study by Edward al-Kharrat. "The Naked" is a short, symbolic, philosophical novel, written by Ibrahim Issa in 1990, when he was 25 years old. It was so celebrated by the literary community that it was featured by the eminent critic Rajaa al-Naqqash. The eminent writer and critic Edward al-Kharrat wrote a critical and analytical study about it, published in the March 1992 issue of Ibdaa magazine. This study is included in the new edition of the novel. The eminent critic Rajaa al-Naqqash‘s introduction to the novel: "This novel by Ibrahim Issa is a beautiful, honest expression of an escape from the world of "innocence," in which the world seems a source of astonishment, to the world of "experience," the world of knowledge about life and people. In this new world, astonishment is not a reaction, but rather the "shock" resulting from the conflict between the innocent, dreamy human being and the difficult, thorny reality, in order to reach a peace treaty with life." The creative artist in this novel has not reached this desired agreement, and he will not reach it unless his pen stops writing and his heart stops beating, because the artist who makes complete peace with life cannot offer people anything, because art is the fruit of anger, hostility, objection, and the dream of a utopian city that is not fully achieved by the existing reality.