"He was preoccupied with her strength, and his soul was filled with pangs of conscience as it was filled with intoxicating perfume. There is a betrayal of the memory of his meeting with a mercy that is strangling him. There is an insult to the atmosphere of agency that lies in her presence, and a challenge to the dignity of her master. This girl will destroy him, with his love, research, and agency, just as she killed him with his certainty a few days ago. He will resist fate. The power of his trembling heart! *** This is a wonderful novel in its language and composition. About music in a language that tries and succeeds to have rhythms higher than the earth. So new in its subject matter. . Does music have a place in this world? Meaning, does the soul have a place in it? The answer is no. But after that, I got tremendous pleasure from the stories, artistic pictures, and events as well. This writer, Ahmed Al-Qarmalawi, ventures with beautiful experiences and deep knowledge of arts and literature to present a different and enjoyable form of fiction. Enjoy the agency open to the sky. Music has wings that can stabilize it anywhere and anytime. Ibrahim Abdel Majeed

أحمد القرملاوي، روائي وقاص مصري، من مواليد القاهرة عام 1978، تـخرج في كلية هندسة التشييد في الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة، وحصل على درجة الماجستير من جامعة إدنبرا، أسكتلندا. صدرت له مجموعة قصصية بعنوان "أول عباس" في يناير 2013، ثم روايته الأولى "التدوينة الأخيرة" في أغسطس 2014، تلَتها رواية "دستينو" في يوليو 2015.