The Wooden Mask

By Abdel Hamid Attia

Description

Kamal Al-Saadi, a 38-year-old carpenter, finds an unfinished wooden mask in a drawer in his late father's workshop, carved from ancient olive wood, and decides to finish it. But the mask's face changes every night: first it bears his late father's face, then the face of his assistant Basil Al-Zarouq before the saw wounds his hand, then the face of the timber merchant Numan Al-Gharbi on the night of his death. His father's notebook reveals the secret: the olive tree grew above a well where the dead were buried, its wood never forgets a face it has seen, and whoever completes a mask from it gives the mask his own face in return. And when the mask is finally complete, Kamal finds his own face in it, trades places with it, and raises the chisel to begin a new mask bearing Farida's features.

Details

• Category: E-books & Written Content → Mystery & Thriller

• Price: $2

• Language: English

• Chapters: 10 chapters

Hook

An unfinished wooden mask in his late father's workshop — its face changes every night, and the last face is Kamal's own.