As Though She Were Sleeping by Elias Khoury
Milia's response to her new husband Mansour and to the Arab World of 1947 is to close her eyes and drift into parallel worlds. Identities shift. Present, past, and future mingle and merge: she finds herself able to converse with the dead and foresee the future. As the novel progresses in glimpses, Milia's dreams become more navigable than the strange and obstinate reality in which she finds herself, and the two realms grow ever more entangled. This wondrous tapestry of love, faith, history, poetry, and vision cuts to the very heart of the deep-rooted conflicts of the region and breaks new literary ground.
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 Fransisco Chronicle, and a Notable Book by The New York Times. Khoury[s As Though She Were Sleeping, 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. Peter Theroux is the translator of nine novels, including Abdelrahman Munif's Cities of Salt, Naguib Mahfouz's Children of the Alley, and Emile Habiby's Saraya: The Ogre's Daughter. He is the author of Translating L.A.: Tour of the Rainbow City. He has lived and traveled throughout the Middle East and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781935744023 |
| ISBN 10 | 193574402X |
| Title | As Though She Were Sleeping |
| Author | Elias Khoury |
| Series | Rainmaker Translations |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Archipelago Books |
| Year published | 2012-03-23 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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