Blueth  (English, Paperback, Fiza Jalil Khatib)

Blueth is the perfect blend of Poetry and Fiction that talks about the feeling of being Blue and infinite. Following the myth of Medusa is introduced the protagonist Laila, her dream and the characters in the dream that tell their own stories in six short narratives which are followed by thirty poems in each chapter. The dream unfolds the story an endless winter night, the mixed feelings of the characters and how they end up being connected after no possible direct interaction between any of them. The night starts with a chilling cold and ends with a fire that brings all these characters together, both metaphorically and literally. The poems beautifully describe the inner feelings of the characters. All the poems in each chapter are narrated by the Moth who's fond of observing the human world and turning their stories into compelling poetry of his own. Starting with The Crow and her search for home and belonging, The Moth and his undying efforts for love, The Lamp and its fear and anxiety about life and its identity, The Moon and her Solitude, The house and its longing for being a home and it ends with the Old blind Woman and her attempts to start a new life of her own.