The Key / An Eochair Literary looking up at the night

looking up at the night sky

short chapters in a number of styles

known as Al Hamad through all the seraglios of the East

as well as a scintillating and often wry commentary on a great author’s peers and influences

The Key / An Eochair Literary looking up at the nightIn An Eochair (The Key), one of Mirtn Cadhains most Kafkaesque novella, J., a paper keeper, accidentally locks himself in his office when his key breaks in the lock. The novellaa mixture of satire, farce, black comedy, and, ultimately, tragedyrelates the efforts of J. and various other characters, including his wife, civil service colleagues, and superiors, as they try to extricate J. from his predicament. Yet all efforts to free J. must be in