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Post-war anglophone Lebanese fiction : home matters in the diaspora /

This book examines the phenomenon of the post-civil war Anglophone Lebanese fictional narrative. The texts chosen for study have been produced in, and are substantially about, life in exile. They therefore deal not only with the brutal civil strife in Lebanon (1975-1990) but with one of its crucial...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hout, Syrine Chafic, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Copyright; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction Post-War Anglophone Lebanese Fiction: Roots and Routes; PART I HOMESICKNESS OF HOME; 1 Koolaids and Unreal City; 2 The Perv and Somewhere, Home; PART II TRAUMA NARRATIVES: THE SCARS OF WAR; 3 I, the Divine and The Bullet Collection; PART III PLAYING WITH FIRE AT HOME AND ABROAD; 4 The Hakawati and A Girl Made of Dust; 5 De Niro's Game; PART IV EXILE VERSUS REPATRIATION; 6 Cockroach and A Good Land; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.