Beirut, Beirut

Description

November 7, 1980. An Egyptian writer has chosen the wrong time to come to Beirut in search of a publisher for his controversial new 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. Based on the author's real-life experience of the civil war in Lebanon, Beirut, Beirut is an exploration of how, in the midst of chaos and violence, it is impossible to see where anyone truly stands.

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A captivating story based on the author's real-life experience of the civil war in Lebanon

Author description

Sonallah Ibrahim was born in 1937. After studying at Cairo University, he worked as a journalist until he was arrested and imprisoned in 1959 for his political activities. Since his debut prison novel, That Smell, he has been a full-time writer. Several of his books have been translated into English. Chip Rossetti is an editor and the translator of the novels Saint Theresa and Sleeping with Strangers by Bahaa Abdelmegid.