Gate of the sun = : Bab al-shams / Elias Khoury ; translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies.
| Author/creator |
Khūrī, Ilyās author. |
| Other author/creator | Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman) translator. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Picador, [2006] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2006 |
| Description | 531 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Bāb al-shams. Arabic |
| Parallel title | Bab al-shams |
| Abstract | In a makeshift hospital in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut, Yunes, an aging Palestinian freedom fighter, lies in a coma. Keeping vigil at the old man's bedside is his spiritual son, Khalil, who nurses Yunes, refusing to admit that his hero may never regain consciousness. Like a modern-day Scheherazade, Khalil relates the story of a Palestinian exile while also recalling Yunes's own extraordinary life and his love for his wife, whom he meets secretly over the years at Bab al-Shams, the Gate of the Sun. |
| General note | "Originally published with the title Bab al-Shams by Dâr-al-Adâb, Beirut, 1998. First published in the United States by Archipelago Books"--Title page verso |
| Language | Translated into English from the original Arabic. |
| Genre/form | War stories. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 0312426704 |
| ISBN | 9780312426705 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PJ7842 .H823 B3313 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |