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Beirut Blues

Beirut Blues - Paperback

by Hanan Al-Shaykh
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hanan Al-ShaykhPublish date:1996-07-01Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Anchor BooksISBN-13:9780385473828ISBN-10:385473826UPC:9780385473828Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Epistolary, Cultural HeritageSize:8.06 x 5.24 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SCJAVZT1YC
With the acclaim won by her first two novels, Hanan al-Shaykh established herself as the Arab world's foremost woman writer. Beirut Blues, published to similar acclaim, further confirms her place in Arabic literature, and brings her writing to a new, groundbreaking level.

The daring fragmented structure of this epistolary novel mirrors the chaos surrounding the heroine, Asmahan, as she futilely writes letters to her loved ones, to her friends, to Beirut, and to the war itself--letters of lament that are never to be answered except with their own resounding echoes. In Beirut Blues, Hanan al-Shaykh evokes a Beirut that has been seen by few, and that will never be seen again.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Anchor BooksISBN-13:9780385473828ISBN-10:385473826UPC:9780385473828Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Epistolary, Cultural HeritageSize:8.06 x 5.24 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SCJAVZT1YC
Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and Only in London; and a memoir about her mother, The Locust and the Bird. She was raised in Beirut, educated in Cairo, and lives in London.
Publisher: Anchor Books

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