The four interlocking narratives that make up this extraordinary novel belong to four women who live in the same apartment building in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war. Younes intimate, haunting attention to these women s lives creates an unforgettable portrait not only of her characters but of the nature of war. Here, loss is the city s most constant resident, and its story will inevitably overcome all the rest.
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Iman Humaydan Younes is a Lebanese novelist, short-story writer and journalist. B as in Beirut, her first novel, received international acclaim and has also been translated into French and German.
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