num_pages: 158
description: Sybil, a young American, meets her grandmother in Beirut for the first time as Lebanon stands on the brink of civil war. Andre Chedid's hymn for a dying country uses flashbacks, memories and images to depict the smells, sights and sounds of the Lebanon before and during the conflict.
language: English
title: The Return to Beirut
publisher: Serpent's Tail