dark spot

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This collection emphasizes two important aspects: the troubled, rebellious young hero who uses the events of his day as markers on his path of rebellion, building his own absurdist philosophy upon them; and the woman who embodies and deepens the dimensions of this tragedy. She is a mirror reflecting the inner turmoil of the hero, and, through this reflection, contributes to intensifying his feelings of...

Ismail Fahd Ismail is a Kuwaiti writer and novelist who has been a full-time writer since 1985. He was born in 1940. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Literature and Criticism from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Kuwait. He worked in teaching and educational media management, and ran an art production company.
The novelist Ismail Fahd Ismail is considered the true founder of the novel in Kuwait, representing one of the most prominent figures in the Arab novelistic tradition. Ismail Fahd published his first novel, "The Sky Was Blue," in 1970, and at the time, the renowned Arab writer and poet, Salah Abdel Sabour, said in his introduction to the novel:
The novel was a great surprise to me, for it is, as I see it, a novel of the twentieth century. It comes from the far reaches of the Arab East, where there is no tradition of the novel, and where life still reserves the greatest place for poetry. But the source of my astonishment was not only that; perhaps it was only after the novel itself astonished me with its masterful, contemporary artistic structure, and with the depth of longing, love, violence, cruelty, and profound thought woven into its fabric. Ismail Fahd Ismail is considered a pillar of the novel and short story genre in Kuwait in particular. His patronage of a large number of short story and novel writers, and his nurturing of creative literary talents, have become a remarkable presence on the Kuwaiti and Arab literary scene. Among his works are:
The Dark Spot Stories (1965).
The Sky Was Blue (1970)
Light Swamps is a novel (1971).
The Rope (novel, 1972).
The Other Banks (1973) is a novel.
Cages and Common Language: Stories (1974).
The Incident File 67 Novel (1975).