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The Night Of The First Billion New Ed
Ghada Samman
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Description for The Night Of The First Billion New Ed
Hardback. Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy N. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 907.
Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. The author's scalding critique of the Lebanese situation resonates with strong sociopolitical issues. Here are telling portraits of class oppression and the role of women in Arab society, the treatments of war and sexuality, of immigration, of cultural assimilation and nationalism. With supreme artistry and insight - and in modern Arab literary fashion - Ghada Samman skillfully blends ... Read more
Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. The author's scalding critique of the Lebanese situation resonates with strong sociopolitical issues. Here are telling portraits of class oppression and the role of women in Arab society, the treatments of war and sexuality, of immigration, of cultural assimilation and nationalism. With supreme artistry and insight - and in modern Arab literary fashion - Ghada Samman skillfully blends ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Middle East Literature in Translation
Number of Pages
547
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815608295
SKU
V9780815608295
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About Ghada Samman
Ghada Samman, author of more than twenty-eight books including the first two books of this trilogy, Beirut '75 and Beirut Nightmares, has been referred to as the most prominent Syrian women writer of fiction of the last century. Nancy N. Roberts is a translator of Arabic.
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