As Though She Were Sleeping
Milia's response to her new husband Mansour and to the Arab World of 1947 is to close her eyes and drift into parallel worlds. Identities shift. Present, past, and future mingle and merge: she finds herself able to converse with the dead and foresee the future. As the novel progresses in...
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Milia's response to her new husband Mansour and to the Arab World of 1947 is to close her eyes and drift into parallel worlds. Identities shift. Present, past, and future mingle and merge: she finds herself able to converse with the dead and foresee the future. As the novel progresses in glimpses, Milia's dreams become more navigable than the strange and obstinate "reality" in which she finds herself, and the two realms grow ever more entangled. This wondrous tapestry of love, faith, history, poetry, and vision cuts to the very heart of the deep-rooted conflicts of the region and breaks new literary ground.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781935744023 (193574402X)
Publish date: March 23rd 2012
Publisher: Archipelago
Pages no: 376
Edition language: English
I very much enjoyed this, even if it's a bit "indulgent" compared to some of Khoury's other novels. But the style is there, the setting is there, and even though the spiritual(ist) flights of fancy are sometimes overdone... it's a great read!
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