| Author: | Elias Khoury | ISBN: | 9781429916325 |
| Publisher: | Picador | Publication: | November 27, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Picador | Language: | English |
| Author: | Elias Khoury |
| ISBN: | 9781429916325 |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Publication: | November 27, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Language: | English |
City Gates was first published in Arabic in 1981, and in English in 1993. It is a further exploration of the themes of exile, dislocation, and identity. Elias Khoury's early works show him finding the distinctive voice that explodes in his epic Gate of the Sun.
A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. City Gates is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East.
City Gates was first published in Arabic in 1981, and in English in 1993. It is a further exploration of the themes of exile, dislocation, and identity. Elias Khoury's early works show him finding the distinctive voice that explodes in his epic Gate of the Sun.
A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. City Gates is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East.
