As Though She Were Sleeping - Rilegato

Khoury, Elias

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ISBN 10: 193574402X ISBN 13: 9781935744023

Casa editrice: Archipelago Books, 2012

Riassunto

Praise for Elias Khoury's New York Times Notable Book Gate of the Sun:

"An imposingly rich and realistic novel, a genuine masterwork."—The New York Times Book Review

"The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury." —Los Angeles Times Book Review

Milia's eyelashes drew apart, her eyes still curtained in drowsiness. She made up her mind to close them again and return to her dream. She saw a small white candle whose wan light trembled and flickered in the fog. . .

Milia's response to her new husband Mansour and to the Middle East of 1947 is to close her eyes and drift into parallel worlds where identities shift, where she can converse with the dead and foresee the future. As the novel progresses, Milia's dreams become more navigable than the strange and obstinate "reality" in which she finds herself, and the two worlds grow ever more entangled.

Elias Khoury, born in Beirut in 1948, is a novelist, essayist, playwright, and critic. He was awarded the Palestine Prize forGate of the Sun, which was named a Best Book of the Year by Le Monde Diplomatique,The Christian Science Monitor, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and a Notable Book byThe New York Times and The Kansas City Star. Archipelago Books also published Khoury'sYalo in 2008 and his White Masks in 2010.

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Recensione:

An enchanting hymn to the Middle East, infused with the richness and beauty of classical Arabic poetry. —The Guardian

Elias Khoury's latest novel returns to a golden age. Beirut in the 30s, unoccupied Palestine and a love affair recalled through a set of dream sequences: an Arab spring of a very different sort. —Tariq Ali, The Independent

Enthralling . . . Mesmerizing. —The Economist

Praise for NY Times Notable Book Gate of The Sun:

An imposingly rich and realistic novel, a genuine masterwork. —The New York Times Book Review

Humanity and compassion give this rich and teeming narrative its shape, creating a work that in its essence is a heartfelt plea for sanity and peace. —The Christian Science Monitor

L'autore:

Elias Khoury, born in Beirut in 1948, is a novelist, essayist, and playwright. He was awarded the Palestine Prize for Gate of the Sun, which was named a Book of the Year by Le Monde Diplomatique and a Notable Book by The New York Times. Archipelago published Khoury’s Yalo in 2008 and his White Masks in 2010.

Marilyn Booth: Marilyn Booth has received fellowships from the NEH, Fulbright, and Mellon Foundation and has been awarded the American Association Teachers of Arabic (AATA) and Arkansas University Press Translation Prizes. She has translated works by Hamdi Abu Golayyel, Alia Mamdouh, and Hoda Barakat. Booth is a professor at the University of Edinburgh.

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• Editore: Archipelago Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 193574402X
• ISBN 13: 9781935744023
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 372