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978-1-84659-009-2
Fiction
June 2006
13 x 20 cm
Paperback
200 pages
£7.99

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Alexandre Najjar was born in Lebanon in 1967, and is considered one of the best Lebanese novelists of his generation. He is a lawyer and a literary critic, and lives in Paris and Beirut.

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Reviews
'A marvellously affecting memoir of the war in Lebanon: perfectly pitched and intensely evocative, and all the more powerful from being seen through the eyes of a child.'
William Boyd

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Excerpts
'My mother is in there!' 'Get away from here!' 'How many casualties?' 'One hundred thirty-six!' 'A car bomb?' 'A Peugeot set to explode...'

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Recommended
For more writing from Lebanon check out Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women

In our memoirs category, we also recommend For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri

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