Beirut, Beirut
By: Sonallah Ibrahim ; translated by Chip Rossetti
Publisher: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Doha
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9789992194522
Subjects: Authors; Fiction; Man-woman relationships; War stories; Écrivains; Romans, nouvelles; Relations entre hommes et femmes; Récits de guerre; Arabic fiction; Translations into English; Egyptian Authors; History
Work titles: Bayrūt Bayrūt
Description: November, 1980. An Egyptian writer has chosen the wrong time to come to Beirut in search of a publisher for his controversial book. Men with machine guns are on every street corner. When the writer meets an old friend from his revolutionary student days, he is introduced to two fascinating women: idealistic film-maker Antoinette and Lamia, the seductive wife of his would-be publisher. His attentions inevitably turn towards the two women, but the background rumble of strife and struggle becomes increasingly hard to ignore.
Notes: Novel.

Translated from the Arabic.