Ports of Call
by:
Amin Maalouf (author)
Alberto Manguel (contributor)
Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences.
Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781860468902 (186046890X)
Publish date: 2001-05-03
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Politics,
France,
French Literature,
World War II,
Lebanon
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Amin Maalouf was born in Beirut, his mother in Cairo (where his parents also married) and he later moved to France, when the Lebanese civil war started in 1975. All these places, plus others like Istanbul and Haifa, are present in Ports of Call, as the characters move to and fro between them. Above ...
World fiction is hit or miss for me. This one was a hit.In this novella, a Lebanese man tells his life story to a journalist randomly met in Paris; the journalist introduces the story, which is essentially a monologue from the Lebanese man, spanning most of the 20th century. The translation is so sm...
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