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    The Sacred History of Solitude
    The Sacred History of Solitude
    The Sacred History of Solitude
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    The Sacred History of Solitude

    By Khaled Hafdhi

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    I have tried throughout the papers of this book to shed some light on how solitude was there for the human race as a divine power, a key to all closed gates of creation. Solitude kept our company in the short journey of our worldly presence. This book is but one more attempt, anticipation, hopefully, it won't be the last, to visit and discover the island of solitude over and over again, that fertile island of solitariness where we can walk with ourselves in a continuous journey in a cycle like the water on earth. I have visited in this holy history and literary survey the rich metaphors in God's words in various sacred books then enjoyed with great pleasure reading human myths, philosophy, poems and narratives of solitude. Writing about solitude made me also hear not only the cries and the voices of many great leaders and writers but also those of philosophers, religious men, poets and much more. My book has recorded the substance of my reflections and other great thinkers' visions on creative solitude throughout history. I have conducted a dialogue with the writing of many pens on the sacred history of solitude including my own historical approach to the subject matter of my book. I am inviting you, dear reader, together with the calls of myself to join the celebration of the gains our solitude may offer, to unveil our shy recognition of the glorious treasures and fruit that can be embraced at the times of being alone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKhaled Hafdhi
    Release dateApr 24, 2020
    ISBN9781650086637
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    Khaled Hafdhi

    khaled Hafdhi: Born in El Hamma, Gabes, Tunisia in 1975. He can write both fiction and nonfiction. He is a novelist, playwright, poet, a translator and essayist. He published 4 novels: Alone everywhere, the rhythm of loneliness, The Mediterranean waves, and Hannibal Barca: a glorious father and a lonely son. He published a collection of poems: Orphan meditations, a play: I can't stand alone, a translation:Avempace, the handling of the solitary and two theoretical essays entitled: from loneliness to solitude and The sacred history of solitude and solitariness: essays.

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