{"product_id":"city-gates-paperback","title":"City Gates - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElias Khoury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaula Haydar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity Gates\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGate of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. \u003ci\u003eCity Gates\u003c\/i\u003e is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for author Elias Khoury\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elias Khoury is an artist giving voice to rooted exiles and trapped refugees, to dissolving boundaries and changing identities, to radical demands and new languages.\"--Edward W. Said, author of \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Khoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Khoury is, before everything else, a writer of stories. He loves them because there's no end to them. And because their meanings, very much like the reasons they're worth telling, get richer and more contradictory.\"--\u003ci\u003eLondon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Because the world is the way it is, because whole groups of people can be maligned, neglected, ignored for too many years, we need the voice of Elias Khoury--detailed, exquisite, humane--more than ever. Read him. Without fail, read him.\"--Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for author Elias Khoury \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElias Khoury is an artist giving voice to rooted exiles and trapped refugees, to dissolving boundaries and changing identities, to radical demands and new languages.--Edward W. Said, author of \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world.--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKhoury is, before everything else, a writer of stories. He loves them because there's no end to them. And because their meanings, very much like the reasons they're worth telling, get richer and more contradictory.--\u003ci\u003eLondon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause the world is the way it is, because whole groups of people can be maligned, neglected, ignored for too many years, we need the voice of Elias Khoury--detailed, exquisite, humane--more than ever. Read him. Without fail, read him.--Naomi Shihab Nye\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElias Khoury\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Journey of Little Gandhi, The Kingdom of Strangers, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Yalo\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, and editor in chief of the literary supplement of Beirut's daily newspaper, \u003ci\u003eAn-Nahar.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724253401151,"sku":"9780312427153","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fe592406f89d372081c51b44e2951dab.webp?v=1765102037","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/city-gates-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}