Between Beirut And The Moon by Naji Bakhti
Between Beirut And The Moon is the exuberant and hilarious debut from the hugely talented young Lebanese author, Naji Bakhti. A young boy comes of age within the confines of post-civil-war Beirut, with conflict, and comedy lurking round every corner. Adam dreams of becoming an astronaut but who has ever heard of an Arab on the moon? He battles with his father, a book-hoarding journalist with a penchant for writing eulogies, his closest friend, Basil, a Druze who is said to worship goats and believe in reincarnation, and a host of other misfits and miscreants in a city attempting recover from years of political and military violence. Adam's youth oscillates from laugh out loud escapades, to near death encounters, as he struggles to understand the turbulent and elusive city he calls home.
Not just another coming-of-age novel, Naji Bakhti's debut is an ambitious and mischievous rewriting of the recent history of a whole regionBetween Beirut and the Moon stays with the reader as lyrical, clear-sighted, very funny and endlessly endearing. Toby Litt, author of Patience
Born and raised in Beirut, Naji Bakhti graduated from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon, 2011). He recently obtained a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. Between Beirut and the Moon is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910312551 |
| ISBN 10 | 191031255X |
| Title | Between Beirut And The Moon |
| Author | Naji Bakhti |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Influx Press |
| Year published | 2020-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2021 |
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