| Kite Contributor(s): Eddé, Dominique (Author), Schwartz, Ros (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857426362 ISBN-13: 9780857426369 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $19.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General |
| Dewey: 843.92 |
| Series: French List |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.60 lbs) 303 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rich and multilayered, with elements of both memoir and fiction, Dominique Edd 's Kite defies categorization. Beginning in the 1960s and ending in the late '80s, it is at once a narrative of a passionate, and ultimately tragic, relationship between Mali and Farid and the simultaneous decline of Egyptian-Lebanese society. Densely populated with myriad characters, Kite chronicles the casualties of social conventions, religious divisions and cultural clich s. The differences between East and West are central to the tension of Edd 's book and share the responsibility for an unavoidable impasse between the lovers. This fragmented narrative--written in several voices that reflect the fragmented lives of those caught up in the madness of war--calls into question an entire way of living and thinking. In lyrical, elegant, original, and often startling prose, Edd weaves together multiple strands--meditating on the nature of language, investigating the concept of the novel, and powerfully depicting the experience of being blind. Deftly evoking the intellectual scene of Beirut in the '60s, Lebanon's mountainscapes, and the urban settings of Cairo, Paris, and London, Kite probes memory with a curious mix of irony and melancholy, ending up in a place beyond hope and despair. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edde, Dominique: - Dominique Eddé is the author of several novels, including, most recently, Kamal Jann and Kite, both published by Seagull Books. Schwartz, Ros: -Ros Schwartz is a translator of fiction and nonfiction and the chair of English PEN's Writers in Translation program. |