We see that in literature, there exists a “mask” that helps to conceal one’s shortcomings. He was born blind, but “Hamida” – that ordinary girl who he loved as he was – stands by his side. Suddenly, dreams of Paris emerge, along with the ambition of a scientific mission. The harsh condition is that he must remain single, so as to secure a place for himself in the temples of the West. Then, terrifying questions arise: Do we sacrifice those we love, or do we sacrifice our dreams? Is success enough to silence the voice of guilt? How can science heal a moral wound that refuses to heal? A novel about alienation and the hidden cost of genius, about an intellectual who finds himself suspended between two civilizations… between what he wanted to be, and what he ultimately became.