About this Item
New York: Archipelago Books, 2005. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page in English and Arabic. NEW/New. A pristine unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. Smoke free. Shipped in sturdy box. Winner of the Rainmaker Translation Prize. First published in 1998 in Arabic by a Beirut publisher, and then translated into Hebrew and French. This book was Le Monde Diplomatique's Book of the Year in 2002. According to the New York Times: There has been powerful fiction about Palestinians and by Palestinians, but few have held to the light the myths, tales and rumors of both Israel and the Arabs with such discerning compassion. In Humphrey Davies's sparely poetic translation, GATE OF THE SUN is an imposingly rich and realistic novel, a genuine masterwork. You cannot find a better copy. Seller Inventory # khoury1
Bibliographic Details
Title: Gate of the Sun (Signed First Edition)
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Gate of the Sun: Bab al-Shams is the first true magnum opus of the Palestinian saga. Through the passing of the beloved midwife and matriarch of the Shatila refugee camp outside Beirut, the reader enters a world of displacement, fear, and tenuous hope. A doctor tells a story to a man in a coma in an attempt to keep him alive. The patient, Yunes, is from Galilee, where he left Nahla, the love of his life. The novel unfolds at his bedside through Dr. Khalil’s intimate and haunting flights of memory.
Khoury humanizes the complex Palestinian/Israeli -struggle for us, shedding light on the turbulent history with love and empathy. Khoury opens up a whole new territory, envisioning a place where confronting pain and humiliation might lead, if not to reconciliation, then at least to finding an element of the other in one’s self. “Us” and “Them” become inextricably entwined through this realigned 1001 Nights. Originally published in Beirut in 1998, the novel has been a sensation throughout the Arab world, in Israel, and throughout Europe.
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