num_pages: 544
description: Drawing on the stories he gathered from refugee camps over the course of many years, Elias Khoury's epic novel Gate of the Sun has been called the first magnum opus of the Palestinian saga.Yunes, an aging Palestinian freedom fighter, lies in a coma. Keeping vigil at the old man's bedside is his spiritual son, Khalil, who nurses Yunes, refusing to admit that his hero may never regain consciousness. Like a modern-day Scheherazade, Khalil relates the story of Palestinian exile while also recalling Yunes'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.A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearOne of Kansas City Star's 100 Noteworthy Books of the YearA Boldtype Notable Book of the YearA Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the YearA San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
language: English
title: Gate of the Sun
titlecomplete: Gate of the Sun
genres: Asia, 20th Century, Unfinished, Historical Fiction, Lebanon, Politics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2204
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
category: Arabic Literary Translation
publisher: Picador