The Night Of The First Billion - Couverture rigide

Samman, Ghadah; Roberts, Nancy N.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0815608292 ISBN 13 : 9780815608295

Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. The author's scalding critique of the Lebanese situation resonates with strong sociopolitical issues. Here are telling portraits of class oppression and the role of women in Arab society, the treatments of war and sexuality, of immigration, of cultural assimilation and nationalism.
Far from home and out of harm's way, Samman's Lebanese exiles repeat and replay the same conflicts that tormented them in their own land even as it is under siege. The Night of the First Billion is a reminder that the only genuine security is to be found in the courageous willingness to confront, challenge, and finally to ease suffering.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ghada Samman, author of more than twenty-eight books including the first two books of this trilogy, Beirut '75 and Beirut Nightmares, has been referred to as "the most prominent Syrian woman writer of fiction of the last century."

Nancy N. Roberts, who earlier translated the first two parts of this trilogy, has also contributed translations of works dealing with Islamic history, jurisprudence, mysticism (Sufism), and modern Islamic thought and practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Syracuse University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0815608292
• ISBN 13: 9780815608295
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 547
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Pays-Bas