The Unknown

About the Book

Living by the stream of thought, memory, feeling emotion, fear, hope and pain, The Unknown will help the readers examine the meaning of these destinies.

There is a dialogue, a lot of it but much of it is an exchange with a person entirely named "Angel", Jemila exchanges views and perspectives on life, love and the universe with this Angel. The dialogue lasts throughout the book. Angel speaks from the very first page and the very last and everywhere in between.

Whoever this Angel ends up being, the is very important in the scheme of the novel.

The story, the events of the novel are not related in the straightforward manner. Events, what little there are, are explained through the consciousness of the protagonist and almost never described physically as the mental and emotional world of Jemila's own mind. It is very much an interior narrative of Jemila's own mind and soul, a logbook, diary of the conscious mind of the protagonist.

With a flair for poetry and inspirational stories, this novel is laced with poetic interludes and epigraphs. It flows like a river, in fact a river of consciousness. Through the novel, there is a lot of interior strength of character.

I paint portraits of strong people who have a sense of interior, self worth and self esteem who seek to make the world over into images of themselves. Jemila may not be a strong person in the usual sense, but she tends to make the world over in her image. The world is the contents of her mind, and vice versa. Her mind is the outside world, in a sense.

It is mostly about Jemila remembering events in the lives of a family, that lead to the central flaw or strength of character(s) and understanding how a character will act in the story.

Through the dialogue with Angel, Jemila finds true strength from Angel's words and from that she decides that we are most alike in our feelings and least alike in our thinking. Angel's visit to Jemila through dream, brings about a new beginning to Jemila's stream of thought, memory, feelings, emotions, fears and pains and replaces it all with a new chance to live.

About the Author

The Unknown is Majvor Sabine Aksoy's first novel, but her third published book after the extraordinary success of her The Journeys of a Fragile Heart a collection of heartfelt sentiments through poetry, and Feelings Through a Journey , where Aksoy poured out her heart on scraps of paper taking charge of destiny of dreams through poetry and inspirational stories.

Aksoy was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and now resides in Ontario, Canada. The young writer was born with a unique way of looking at the world and an unlimited potential for creative thought.

from the author

Through the third ear, I listen to the world, and wonder if someone is listening, and if they take in and dissolve suppuration between words, sounds and movements.

Writing to me is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality. I take the time at least once a week to consciously focus on bringing in images by a long walk or a creative adventure, something I call an artist's date, because through that I have a richer inner flow when I try to tap into it.

There is a pleasure and sense of power in the art of practicing writing. When I put a pen to the paper, I let it all unfold. I take the time to awaken my identity by discovering. There I enjoy the freedom of my own creative voice.

Sometimes I ask writing to do many things for me, writing is my companion, writing is my lover, writing is a source of nurturance and a place for free expression, but what writing is not, is a kiss.

Through The Unknown, I express feelings of how grieving is felt as well as the compassion in addition to sadness. I let the reader explore what we are most alike and least alike in, through self reflection during sadness and grief. And how having something bad happen to you when you don't deserve it creates anger and lack of desire to grow will prove that the weakest of all could become one of the strongest. Therefore, it will help make a big difference in how well we understand one another.

Majvor Sabine Aksoy