The Broken Horoscope

About the Book

The theme behind The Broken Horoscope is simple. It basically states that the more we try to pack individuals in predefined character slots in order to predict their future behaviour, the less likely we are to make any sense of what we subsequently observe their behaviour to be. The book is intended to explore through imaginary dialogues the philosophical axiom that surprise is the essence of life and that human fickleness is its only anchor and the word maybe is its only compass.

About the Author

Ramiz Alkhishin, the author’s alter ego, is a grocer. He has a passion for a life that is as independent as possible from its surroundings. To him the trendy place to be in is the one to avoid, while the traditional road to follow is the one to bypass. You may have met him before in his books: Fortune Cookies, Sketches, The Bazaar, The Balcony, The Lobby, The Tango of Gossip, Why Me, The Smiling Owl, and the Whispering Molecules. In his newest book, The Broken Horoscope, the author, Raad Chalabi, through forty-four stand-alone fictional dialogues, each highlighting at least one true character he had met, hopes to demonstrate the futility of boxing the ever-changing human behaviour within the boundaries of twelve zodiac signs.