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The School of War - Softcover

Najjar, Alexandre

 
9781846590092: The School of War
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1846590094 ISBN 13: 9781846590092
Verlag: Saqi Books, 2006

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“A marvelously affecting memoir of the war in Lebanon: perfectly pitched and intensely evocative, and all the more powerful for being seen through the eyes of a child.”—William Boyd
 
“Delicate and unforgettable.”—ELLE
 
“One of the most talented francophone writers of his generation.”—Le Monde
 
All wars are alike. What I experienced in Lebanon, others experienced in France, in Spain, in Yugoslavia, or elsewhere. Yes, all wars are alike, because while weapons change, the men who wage and are subjected to war do not in the least.
 
Alexandre was eight when Lebanon erupted into a bloody and brutal conflict; he was twenty-three when the guns at last fell silent. After seven years of voluntary exile spent clearing his mind of the unbearable nightmare of civil war, he is now back amongst his family and friends, and the past is quickly catching up with him.
 
As he reacquaints himself with his bullet-riddled city, Alexandre is haunted by vivid memories, which he sets down with extraordinary imagination and humor.

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Alexandre Najjar was born in Lebanon in 1967 and is a lawyer and a literary critic. He has won many prizes, among them the Bourse de l'Ecrivain, the Prix de Poésie de la Ville de Paris, the Prix du Palais Littéraire, and the Amsterdam Prize. Recently published Kahlil Gibran: A Biography (SAQI 978-0-86356-668-4), Fall 2008

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Verlag
Saqi Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1846590094
ISBN 13 
9781846590092
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
200
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