| White Masks Contributor(s): Khoury, Elias (Author), Tabet, Maia (Translator) |
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ISBN: 098198732X ISBN-13: 9780981987323 Publisher: Archipelago Books OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010004874 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 6.6" (1.05 lbs) 303 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why was the corpse of Khalil Ahmad Jaber found in a mound of garbage? Why had this civil servant disappeared weeks before his horrific death? Who was this man? A journalist begins to piece together an answer by speaking with his widow, a local engineer, a watchman, the garbage man who discovered him, the doctor who performed the autopsy, and a young militiaman. Their stories emerge, along with the horrors of Lebanon's bloody civil war and its ravaging effects on the psyches of the survivors. With empathy and candor, Elias Khoury reveals the havoc the war wreaked on Beirut and its inhabitants, as well as the resilience of a people. |