| City Gates Contributor(s): Khoury, Elias (Author), Haydar, Paula (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0312427158 ISBN-13: 9780312427153 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: Drawing on the traditions of Arabic storytelling, Elias Khoury's fable of displacement follows a stranger as he arrives in a gated city and wanders through its labyrinthine streets in search of the city's future--and his own. "City Gates" was first published in Arabic in 1981, appearing in English in 1993. It is a further exploration of the theme of exile, dislocation, and identity. His early works show Khoury finding the distinctive voice that explodes in his epic "Gate of the Sun". A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. "City Gates" is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.35 lbs) 112 pages |
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| Publisher Description: City Gates was first published in Arabic in 1981, and in English in 1993. It is a further exploration of the themes of exile, dislocation, and identity. Elias Khoury's early works show him finding the distinctive voice that explodes in his epic Gate of the Sun. A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. City Gates is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East. |
Contributor Bio(s): Khoury, Elias: - Elias Khoury is the author of eleven novels including The Journey of Little Gandhi, The Kingdom of Strangers, and Yalo. He is a professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, and editor in chief of the literary supplement of Beirut's daily newspaper, An-Nahar. |