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The Roundabout
Some silences do more than quiet a room. They erase a life.
In a city that no longer notices him, a man drifts through days like a ghost, trapped in an apartment that seems to breathe against him. Walls crack, stains spread, and his reflection lags half a second behind. He carries an unsent letter in his coat, a small proof that he once intended to speak. Even hunger has turned to ash.
Yet fragments of existence the hiss of trains beneath the street, the warmth of bread once shared, the faint cloud of breath on cold glass.
And one night, on an empty platform, a stranger steps too close to the edge, and everything begins to change.
Roundabout is a haunting and lyrical story of silence, memory, and fragile survival. It explores what remains when language fails and how the smallest gestures can keep us human.
For readers of Camus, Ishiguro, and Hamsun, this novel speaks to anyone who has ever felt unseen and still hoped to be found.
In a city that no longer notices him, a man drifts through days like a ghost, trapped in an apartment that seems to breathe against him. Walls crack, stains spread, and his reflection lags half a second behind. He carries an unsent letter in his coat, a small proof that he once intended to speak. Even hunger has turned to ash.
Yet fragments of existence the hiss of trains beneath the street, the warmth of bread once shared, the faint cloud of breath on cold glass.
And one night, on an empty platform, a stranger steps too close to the edge, and everything begins to change.
Roundabout is a haunting and lyrical story of silence, memory, and fragile survival. It explores what remains when language fails and how the smallest gestures can keep us human.
For readers of Camus, Ishiguro, and Hamsun, this novel speaks to anyone who has ever felt unseen and still hoped to be found.
148 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 22, 2025
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About the author
Dilaware Khan
14 books2 followersDilaware Khan writes stories that live in silence, the kind that lingers in empty rooms and unanswered questions. His work explores the minds of people standing at the edge of sanity, of faith, of meaning. With quiet intensity, he captures the inner storms of those who cannot conform to the noise of the world.
Blending philosophy, emotion, and lyric minimalism, Khan’s fiction examines how language shapes truth, how memory resists erasure, and how conscience survives under control.
His prose is meditative yet sharp, driven by moral inquiry and the haunting beauty of thought. Khan’s writing does not offer comfort; it invites reflection. His characters do not seek escape, they seek understanding.
For readers drawn to the quiet rebellion of the human mind, his stories are not simply read, they are experienced.
Blending philosophy, emotion, and lyric minimalism, Khan’s fiction examines how language shapes truth, how memory resists erasure, and how conscience survives under control.
His prose is meditative yet sharp, driven by moral inquiry and the haunting beauty of thought. Khan’s writing does not offer comfort; it invites reflection. His characters do not seek escape, they seek understanding.
For readers drawn to the quiet rebellion of the human mind, his stories are not simply read, they are experienced.
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