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The memories of old Beirut come through this re-creation from letters to friends, lovers, and family - a uniquely constructed novel.
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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.
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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.
"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
"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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- PublisherTRAFALGAR SQUARE +
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0701163038
- ISBN 13 9780701163037
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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Chatto & Windus,, London, UK
(1995)
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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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