| Little Mountain Contributor(s): Khoury, Elias (Author), Said, Edward W. (Foreword by), Tabet, Maia (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0312427166 ISBN-13: 9780312427160 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: A vision of violent political strife and urgent nationalism, written in the opening phases of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), the novel is told from the perspectives of three characters: a Joint Forces fighter; a distressed civil servant; and an amorphous figure, part fighter, part intellectual. Elias Khoury's language is poetic and piercing as he tells the story of Beirut, civil war, and fractured identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written in the opening phases of the Lebanese Civil War (1975--1990), Little Mountain is told from the perspectives of three characters: a Joint Forces fighter; a distressed civil servant; and an amorphous figure, part fighter, part intellectual. Elias Khoury's language is poetic and piercing as he tells the story of Beirut, civil war, and fractured identity. |
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. |