Lifted by the great nothing
Subtitle: a novel
By: Karim Dimechkie
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781632860583
Subjects: Family secrets; Lebanese Americans; Fiction; Fathers and sons; History
Description: "At the center of this offbeat, big-hearted, and often dark world are a [Lebanese-American] son and his father trying to live normal lives by desperately keeping buried anything that identifies them as 'other.' With its poignant relationships, surprising love stories, and unsettling misadventures, [this book] is a ... portrait of a young man coming to terms with his country's--and his own--violent past"--