Gate of the sun / Elias Khoury ; translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Publication details: London : Harvill Secker, 2005.Description: 500 p. : maps ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 1843431033 (hbk.) :
- Bāb al-shamas. English
- 892.736 22
- Winner, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, 2006.
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HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks | R (Reference collection) | R:PJ7842.H823 B3313 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2023-0031 |
Originally published as: Bâb al-Chams : Beirut : Dâr-al-Adâb, 1998.
Translated from the Arabic.
In a makeshift hospital in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut, Yunis, an aging Palestinian freedom fighter, lies in a coma. Keeping vigil at the old man's bedside is his spiritual son, Dr. Khaleel, who nurses Yunis, refusing to admit that his hero may never regain consciousness. In an attempt to revive his patient, Khaleel, like a modern-day Scheherazade, relates the story of the Palestinian people's exile in Lebanon while also recalling Yunis's own extraordinary life and his love for his wife, whom he meets secretly over the years at Bab al-Shams, the Gate of the sun.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Winner, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, 2006.
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