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Akashic Noir
โ Scribed by Humaydan, Iman (editor)
- Book ID
- 109074685
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Beirut Noir
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781617753442
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Translated by Michelle Hartman.
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.
Featuring brand-new stories by : Rawi Hage, Muhammad Abi Samra, Leila Eid, Hala Kawtharani, Marie Tawk, Bana Baydoun, Hyam Yared, Najwa Barakat, Alawiyeh Sobh, Mazen Zahreddine, Abbas Beydoun, Bachir Hilal, Zena El Khalil, Mazen Maarouf, and Tarek Abi Samra.
Most of the writers in this volume are still living in Beirut, so this is an important contribution to Middle East literature--not the "outsider's perspective" that often characterizes contemporary literature set in the region.
From the introduction by Iman Humaydan (translated by Michelle Hartman):
_"Beirut is a city of contradiction and paradox. It is an urban and rural city, one of violence and forgiveness, memory and forgetfulness. Beirut is a city...
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