"Ports of Call" by Amin Maalouf

The art of storytelling is what breaks the silence of an individual or a collective experience as we attempt to bring order and understanding to the constant flux of life. Stories are by their very nature cathartic as they emotionally and intellectually attempt to release us from the potential paralysis of the past. This idea is explored in the novel "Ports of Call" by Amin Maalouf as Ossyane Ketabdar's narrative deconstructs both his public persona …

…universal quality and a profound integrity Therefore, storytelling by nature is always subjective and is filtered by metaphor that has the power to connect with the reader physically, emotionally and psychologically that begin to physiologically challenge the way we see the world. How we decide to tell our stories effect how we translate our formless flux of life experience and reflect not only the medium of representation but how we choose to view the world.