The ninety-ninth floor
By: Jana Fawwaz Elhassan ; translated by Michelle Hartman
Contributors: Hartman, Michelle, translator
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781566560542
Subjects: Sabra and Shatila Massacre, Lebanon, 1982; Fiction
Other titles: 99th floor
Work titles: Ṭābiq 99
Description: "Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015. At times as cold and hard-edged as the skyscrapers in its backdrop, The Ninety-Ninth Floor follows the struggles and triumphs of Majed as he makes it in Manhattan at the turn of the century, after surviving the devastating 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp. A Palestinian born and raised in Lebanon, Majed creates a new life for himself in the glittery world of New York City's computer games industry. But with all his success, Majed's past continues to haunt him. His relationship with Hilda, a Lebanese woman from a right-wing Christian family, exposes his innermost fears, worries, and dark secrets. A multi-voiced narration, The Ninety-Ninth Floor conveys the brutality that war leaves on the people who experience it. It is also a love story that asks questions about the ability of passion to overcome hatred and difference."--Amazon.com
Notes: Translation from the Arabic of: Ṭābiq 99.