White Masks
by Khoury, Elias
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 098198732X
- ISBN 13
- 9780981987323
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Elias Khoury, born in Beirut, is the author of thirteen novels, four volumes of literary criticism, and three plays. He was awarded the Palestine Prize for Gate of the Sun, which was named Best Book of the Year by Le Monde Diplomatique, The Christian Science Monitor, and The San Fransisco Chronicle, and a Notable Book by The New York Times. Khoury¢s Yalo, As Though She Were Sleeping, Little Mountain, The Journey of Little Gandhi, and City Gates are also available in English. Khoury is a Global Distinguished Professor of Middle Eastern and Arabic Studies at New York University. As Though She Were Sleeping received France¢s inaugural Arabic novel Prize. Maia Tabet, born in Lebanon, is a literary translator and a professional cook. She translated Khoury’s first novel to be published in English, Little Mountain, and has translated a number of prose texts that have appeared in literary magazines including Banipal, Words Without Borders, and Fikran wa Fann. Currently, she lives in the United States.
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- Title
- White Masks
- Author
- Khoury, Elias
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 098198732X
- ISBN 13
- 9780981987323
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2010
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