As Though She Were Sleeping
$65.17
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2012
Summary
Meelya’s dreams are her refuge from events that threaten her or escape her understanding. She leaves her home in Lebanon to live in Nazareth with her Palestinian husband, but Mansour - an older man who fell for her beauty - is frustrated by her spiritual absence.
When Mansour’s brother’s death demands a move to Jaffa - the centre of early tensions between Jewish settlers and displaced Palestinians - Meelya withdraws further into the realm of dreams. Expecting the birth of their…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857050533 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857050532 |
| Author: | Elias Khoury, Humphrey Davies |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 23mm |
| Series: | MacLehose Press |
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‘Vivid and powerful … Khoury’s new novel provides unusually stimulating pleasure’ Guy Mannes-Abbott, Independent.
‘Vivid and powerful … Khoury’s new novel provides unusually stimulating pleasure’ Guy Mannes-Abbott, Independent. * Independent *‘Khoury provides an insider’s view of communities at the confluence of centuries of conflict between region, race and politics’ Val Nolan, Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *‘An Arab Spring of a very different sort’ Tariq Ali, Guardian Books of the Year. * Tariq Ali *‘Mr Khoury’s words tumble over the pages in enthralling but sometimes elusive prose. But it is all the more mesmerising for being so’ The Economist. * Economist *
About The Author
Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury is the author of thirteen novels, four volumes of literary criticism and three plays. He was editor-in-chief of the cultural supplement of Beirut’s daily newspaper, An-Nahar, and is Global Distinguished Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University.
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