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Asmahan, a young Lebanese woman, writes a series of letters in an attempt to make sense of her life and the war in Beirut, and to preserve her images of the pre-war city.
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"Like the best modern political novels, Beirut Blues is not a political statement, fingers are not pointed without understanding. Hanan al-Shaykh's vision is unbelieving and yet full of faith."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "A warm and hauntingly melancholic new novel . . . [by] one of the most daring and controversial female writers of the Middle East."--San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle "A finely wrought epistolary novel of lament and loss that mourns the fate of a beloved city . . . lovely measured writing from a voice deserving to be heard."--Kirkus Reviews
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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.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0701163038
- ISBN 13 9780701163037
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First UK Edition. Asmahan is a woman living in Beirut as it is torn apart in a civil war involving Christian and Muslim militias, Palestianian, the Israeli military and others. She writes letters to try to understand the chaos around her and to give herself hope of living through it. Published @ 14.99 Pounds. Seller Inventory # 016551
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