A Vibrating Child

In his posthumous novel "A Vibrating Child”, SAID tells the story of his childhood and adolescence between 1947 and 1965, of a father who was always on the road but who took loving care of his son, of an overbearing grandmother, of a world and a society that no longer exist. In his typically laconic, poetic, simple, but very vivid style, in brief, commanding scenes of growing up, of excursions and expeditions, of his school days and his first love, SAID outlines a tableau of his early days until the day he left the country at his father's heed, forever. SAID would never see his father again. This novel is an homage to a very understanding patriarch who always tried to protect and support his child. Social and political reality informs the novel at every turn, making it a fascinating document of contemporary history. It is a very moving text that goes straight to the heart.