Transient criticism

"Literature is the elixir of life. Rather, it is food that we are in greater need of than bread. Souls get tired of the world of work and its annoying noise, so they resort to the world of literature and its worlds, and the horizons of hopes and dreams open before them, and they wake up to the voice of the writer who calls on them to rise to the struggle." This is how Maroun Abboud summarizes the relationship between literature and life. Literature, and its essence is the word, is the summary of the minds of nations, and a memorial to their memory, and this book of his is like a collection of literary articles and letters, in which he presents a critical look at literature and poetry, reviewing some of the literary masterpieces of Lebanese poets, and other Arabs, such as Nizar Qabbani and Badr Shaker Al-Sayyab. He also talks about the revolution brought about by the twins Mustafa and Ali Amin, not only in the world of journalism, but in the history of Egypt, as they helped liberate Egypt from the monarchy with their pen, through Akhbar Al-Youm, which he considered one of the finest modern universities.