Khūrī, Ilyās. <br/><br/>
Gate of the sun / 
Elias Khoury ; translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies. 
 - London :  Harvill Secker,  2005. 
 - 500 p. :  maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published as: Bâb al-Chams : Beirut : Dâr-al-Adâb, 1998.  Formerly CIP. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Arabic. 
<br/><br/> Winner, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, 2006. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1843431033 (hbk.) :  £17.99 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA571819  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013279579  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Palestinian Arabs--Fiction.<br/>Arabic fiction--Translations into English.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>892.736