Beirut Blues

Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Literary
Cover of the book Beirut Blues by Hanan al-Shaykh, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Hanan al-Shaykh ISBN: 9780307831132
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: April 10, 2013
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Hanan al-Shaykh
ISBN: 9780307831132
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: April 10, 2013
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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