Four Moroccan youths on a quest for themselves! In the dark corridor linking Andalus Square to the old courtyard and the Sidi Sidi Mosque in the city of Taroudant, stands the house of Si Allal. In its damp basement lies the students’ house—the heroes of the novel. This house, consisting of three rooms, shelters within its walls four young men; a place where bodies converge and souls drift in their orbits, each spirit residing in its own universe.

_ El Saeed El Khaiez