Can a love exist entirely in the imagination, surviving on the memory of a single glance?

366 is a lyrical masterclass in obsession by Amir Tag Elsir. The novel takes the form of letters written by a lonely chemistry teacher to Asmaa, a woman he saw only once at a wedding. Over the course of a leap year—366 days—he pours out his soul to her, weaving a narrative of intense longing while battling the comical yet suffocating intrusions of his neighbors and the political uncertainty of his surroundings.

Winner of the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel, this epistolary work blurs the line between reality and delirium. It is a poignant exploration of how we construct our own inner worlds to escape the pain of the mundane, capturing the feverish state of a heart waiting for a reply that will never come.