Yalo
Subtitle: a novel
By: Elias Khoury ; translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies
Publisher: MacLehose
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781906694814
Subjects: Torture; Fiction; Confession (Law); History
Description: Yalo was a soldier in Lebanon's civil war. Then he was a deserter, a thief, a nightwatchman in Paris, an arms smuggler and a rapist. Under torture, he confesses his crimes, his memories, his sorrow and guilt.
Notes: Originally published: 2009.