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White Masks by Khoury, Elias
by Khoury, Elias | HC | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780981987323
- Book Title
- White Masks
- Item Length
- 6.8 in
- Original Language
- Arabic
- Publisher
- Steerforth Press
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, War & Military, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 303 Pages
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Why was the corpse of Khalil Ahmad Jaber found in a mound of garbage? Why had this civil servant disappeared weeks before his horrific death? Who was this man? A journalist begins to piece together an answer by speaking with his widow, a local engineer, a watchman, the garbage man who discovered him, the doctor who performed the autopsy, and a young militiaman. Their stories emerge, along with the horrors of Lebanon's bloody civil war and its ravaging effects on the psyches of the survivors. With empathy and candor, Elias Khoury reveals the havoc the war wreaked on Beirut and its inhabitants, as well as the resilience of a people.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Steerforth Press
ISBN-10
098198732x
ISBN-13
9780981987323
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309893627
Product Key Features
Book Title
White Masks
Original Language
Arabic
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, War & Military, Historical
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
303 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.8 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pj7842.H823w8513
Reviews
Khoury is the sort of novelist whose name is inseparable from a city. Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury. --The Los Angeles Times No Lebanese writer has been more successful than Elias Khoury in telling the story of Lebanon . . . Khoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world. --Washington Post Book World How to write Beirut? . . . with words and images that stumble with weariness, that collapse from the heat, from the stone which composes them only to crumble in turn? . . . This is why Khoury's fiction is so powerful. The intent of the writing is to restore its soul. --Tahar Ben Jelloun Elias Khoury is a pure storyteller. A writer who understands the hypnotic power of words, and who lets this power become the actual subject of his books. Of course, alongside the words, there is reality, palpable, sensual, atrocious. --Le Nouvel Observateur Khoury [is] arguably the finest living Arab novelist. . . . White Masks represents a turning point in Khoury's work. . . . A compelling, thoughtful read. --World Literature Today, "Khoury is the sort of novelist whose name is inseparable from a city. Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury." The Los Angeles Times "No Lebanese writer has been more successful than Elias Khoury in telling the story of Lebanon ... Khoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world." Washington Post Book World "How to write Beirut? ... with words and images that stumble with weariness, that collapse from the heat, from the stone which composes them only to crumble in turn? ... This is why Khoury's fiction is so powerful. The intent of the writing is to restore the soul." Tahar Ben Jelloun "Elias Khoury is a pure storyteller. A writer who understands the hypnotic power of words, and who lets this power become the actual subject of his books. Of course, alongside the words, there is reality, palpable, sensuous, atrocious." Le Nouvel Observateur "Khoury [is] arguably the finest living Arab novelist. . . . White Masks represents a turning point in Khoury's work. . . . A compelling, thoughtful read." World Literature Today "Powerful . . . Tantalizing. . . . Maia Tabet's translation from the Arabic is lucid and refreshing." Counterpunch "Khoury's story is rich in the detail of daily life, and together the telling of the cast's Rashoman-like tale weaves the web of a society deeply scarred by Beirut's bitter and protracted civil wars, along with the complex reality, unbelievable anecdotes, and deeply visceral survival instincts of its people." Ghada Amer, The Global Journal, Khoury is the sort of novelist whose name is inseparable from a city. Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury. --The Los Angeles Times No Lebanese writer has been more successful than Elias Khoury in telling the story of Lebanon . . . Khoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world. --Washington Post Book World How to write Beirut? . . . with words and images that stumble with weariness, that collapse from the heat, from the stone which composes them only to crumble in turn? . . . This is why Khoury's fiction is so powerful. The intent of the writing is to restore its soul. --Tahar Ben Jelloun Elias Khoury is a pure storyteller. A writer who understands the hypnotic power of words, and who lets this power become the actual subject of his books. Of course, alongside the words, there is reality, palpable, sensual, atrocious. --Le Nouvel Observateur Khoury [is] arguably the finest living Arab novelist. . . . White Masks represents a turning point in Khoury's work. . . . A compelling, thoughtful read. --World Literature Today, Khoury is the sort of novelist whose name is inseparable from a city. Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury. -The Los Angeles Times No Lebanese writer has been more successful than Elias Khoury in telling the story of Lebanon . . . Khoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world. -Washington Post Book World How to write Beirut? . . . with words and images that stumble with weariness, that collapse from the heat, from the stone which composes them only to crumble in turn? . . . This is why Khoury's fiction is so powerful. The intent of the writing is to restore its soul. -Tahar Ben Jelloun Elias Khoury is a pure storyteller. A writer who understands the hypnotic power of words, and who lets this power become the actual subject of his books. Of course, alongside the words, there is reality, palpable, sensual, atrocious. -Le Nouvel Observateur Khoury [is] arguably the finest living Arab novelist. . . . White Masks represents a turning point in Khoury's work. . . . A compelling, thoughtful read. -World Literature Today
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2010-004874
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Dewey Edition
22
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