The Strangeness and Uniqueness of the Text in Said Boutagine's Novel "I Seek Refuge in God"

Abstract

    ‘I seek refuge in God' – The Yellow Book – is a remarkable journey from falsehood to truth, an experimental novel written from within in a narrative style that aims to uncover secrets through storytelling. The novel features a strange plot, and amid the  vast desert, the characters meet as the most essential components of the narrative.
These characters have been stripped of their old qualities, making them susceptible to invading depths. This paper also explores the peculiar element that permeates nearly all the chapters and structures of the novel. It is essential not to overlook how  the language itself is unusual, with a style written like poetry in prose, using the technique of organized anarchy: telling everything yet nothing, beginning with any word and ending in forgetfulness, while uniting – through opposition, synonymy, and dissonance – inanimate objects, beings, or anything else. It is a collection of things that cannot be combined, a language of overlap.