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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 son, Mansour can only watch as she cuts loose from the physical world. Over three traumatic nights, past, present and future merge seamlessly into a series of visions that draw the reader towards a conclusion that is powerfully symbolic of the ongoing troubles in the Middle East.
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Elias Khoury is the author of twelve 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 Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. Humphrey Davies has been awarded the Banipal Prize for his translation of Khoury's Gate of the Sun, and the prize for Best Translation of 2007 by the Society of Authors for Alaa Al Aswany's The Yacoubian Building.
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- PublisherQuercus
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0857050532
- ISBN 13 9780857050533
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages368
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