Mohamed Elmesrati

The seven short stories in this anthology are narrated by a 13 year-old boy during his transition from childhood to adolescence and from preparatory to secondary school. Through his eyes, we are introduced to his expanding environment from the neighborhood he was born in to the city he lives in. The stories are set in the early 2000s, when Libya relinquished its nuclear program and reconciled with the West, leading to the lifting of international sanctions. It was a period of rapid and sudden change in a society that had been completely isolated for more than three decades.