City Gates

by Elias Khoury, Paula Haydar (Translator)

Overview

City Gates was first published in Arabic in 1981, and in English in 1993. It is a further exploration of the themes of exile, dislocation, and identity. Elias Khoury's early works show him finding the distinctive voice that explodes in his epic Gate of the Sun.

A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. City Gates is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312427153
Publisher:	Picador
Publication date:	11/27/2007
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	958,847
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Elias Khoury is the author of eleven novels including The Journey of Little Gandhi, The Kingdom of Strangers, and Yalo. He is a professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, and editor in chief of the literary supplement of Beirut's daily newspaper, An-Nahar.

Editorial Reviews

"Elias Khoury is an artist giving voice to rooted exiles and trapped refugees, to dissolving boundaries and changing identities, to radical demands and new languages." - Edward W. Said, author of Orientalism

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