
Endings
J. Trevor Williams
‘Abd al-Rahman Munif. Trans. Roger Allen.
Interlink Books, 2021.
“The cruel, mysterious, savage desert with all its surprises, transcends the normal laws of nature simply in order to corroborate them.”
—Excerpt from Endings, by ‘Abd al-Rahman Munif
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