Mersal was taken with the book's 'fresh and refreshing' language and emotional intensity; it exerted such power over her that the moment she finished reading it, she 'turned back and began again... [copying] out passages.'
Mersal felt the need to 'personally celebrate the books which touched her,' defining herself through appending discoveries to the canon. Decades later, she remains engaged in honoring Enayat's memory.
Traces of Enayat is not a biography but a memoir of Mersal's search through Cairo and her mind, showcasing a cool, restrained writing style contrasting with Enayat's emotionally charged excerpts from Love and Silence.
A central question raised in Traces of Enayat is whether it was Enayat's decision to end her life, highlighted by Enayat's evocative description of being 'at once imprisoned by this life and pulled toward new horizons.'
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