The novel “No Spring in This City” revolves around a character named Qasim, who lives in a city plagued by the ravages of war. He finds himself in the hospital, and that he has lost a whole leg due to a missile targeting the area where he resides. He is forced to receive treatment in the hospital, where he finds himself in a room where his companions change every day, and so change the stories, incidents, and shocking events that all speak of the war. Even the nurses are killed every day by a sniper lurking outside the hospital.