Gate of the Sun: Bab al-Shams
by Khoury, Elias) Davies, Humphrey (trans)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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Synopsis
Elias Khoury, born in Beirut, is the author of thirteen novels, four volumes of literary criticism, and three plays. He was awarded the Palestine Prize for Gate of the Sun, which was named Best Book of the Year by Le Monde Diplomatique, The Christian Science Monitor, and The San Francisco Chronicle, and a Notable Book by The New York Times. Khoury’s Yalo, White Masks, Little Mountain, The Journey of Little Gandhi, and City Gates are also available in English. Khoury is a Global Distinguished Professor of Middle Eastern and Arabic Studies at New York University. As Though She Were Sleeping received France’s inaugural Arabic Novel Prize. Humphrey Davies’ translations include Naguib Mahfouz’s Thebes at War (American University in Cairo Press, Anchor Books) and Alaa al-Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building (AUC Press). He has lived throughout the Middle East and is currently based in Cairo.
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- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 093784
- Title
- Gate of the Sun: Bab al-Shams
- Author
- Khoury, Elias) Davies, Humphrey (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Palestine
- Size
- 4 vo
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