Beirut noir
By: edited by Iman Humaydan ; translated from the Arabic and French by Michelle Hartman
Series: Akashic noir series; Akashic noir series
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781617753442
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Lebanese fiction (French); Arabic fiction; Translations into English; Noir fiction; Fiction
Description: Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004. Each book is comprised of all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. On the heels of Tehran Noir, this book in the series moves deeper into the Middle East. --Publisher.
Notes: Translation from Arabic and French.
Table of contents: title: Part I: When time does not exist.; title: The bastard  -- Tarek Abi Samra; title: Maya Rose  -- Zena El Khalil; title: Pizza delivery  -- Bana Beydoun; title: Under the tree of melancholy  -- Najwa Barakat; title: Eternity and the hourglass  -- Hyam Yared -- Part II: Panorama of the soul.; title: Beirut apples  -- Leila Eid; title: Bird nation  -- Rawi Hage; title: Dirty teeth  -- The Amazin' Sardine; title: The boxes  -- Mazen Maarouf; title: Rupture  -- Bachir Hilal -- Part III: Waiting for yesterday.; title: The thread of life  -- Hala Kawtharani; title: Without a trace  -- Mohamad Abi Samra; title: The death of Adil Uliyyan  -- Abbas Beydoun; title: Scent of a woman, scent of a city  -- Alawiya Sobh; title: Sails on the sidewalk -- Marie Tawk.