Yalo - Brossura

Khuri, Ilyas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312428685 ISBN 13: 9780312428686

Casa editrice: Picador USA, 2009

Riassunto

When Yalo is accused of rape and imprisoned during the 1980s Lebanese civil war, he begins to sort through his twisted memories of childhood, life as a soldier, and the crimes he did or did not commit. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Elias Khoury is the author of twelve novels including Gate of the Sun, The Journey of Little Gandhi, and The Kingdom of Strangers. 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.

Product Description:

Award-winning author Elias Khoury's latest novel is a searing look at truth and memory, love and trancendence, told through the contradictory confessions of a young Lebanese prisoner During the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, a young man is arrested and charged with rape. Repeatedly interrogated and tortured, Yalo is forced--like Scheherazade--to tell a different story each day to stay alive. As he battles to understand his past and the forces that have shaped him, he comes to discover his own voice and the true Yalo begins to emerge. This is a searing look at truth and memory, love and transcendence, from one of our most important Arab novelists.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Picador USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312428685
• ISBN 13: 9780312428686
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 360