Aseer Alkotb Devouring Himself First With His Feet Book

“Beginning with the title, Abdullah Al-Zayoud declares here his disagreement with the system and context, and his reliance on the activity of inner pain and the circulation of internal pain. The genius language of Al-Zayoud continues its hum in the soul and begins again after completing his novel, just as we promised in his narration.”

- Hani Nadim

“Here is a narrator and a listener, a creator and critic, a diligent and a transmitter, an actor and a spectator... and it happens that roles get mixed up.”

- Hashem Gharaibeh

“Fantasy is not only an aesthetic ornament or an artistic necessity in this fine novel. It is the young novelist's way of saving his mind from the clutches of a savage world."

- Ziad Khadash