Beirut 2020
The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal
Winner of the 2020 Prix Femina Special Jury Prize, this is the diary of one of Lebanon's best-selling authors in the year of the explosion that stunned the world.When Charif Majdalani begins to walk the streets of his city, and to write down what he sees, the first hints of unrest within a vibrant culture creep to the fore. Majdalani's reportage through the months of 2020 bears witness to the ways in which an ancient civilization slowly, then rapidly, descends into the abyss: corruption and vice infect the corridors of power; currency plummets into freefall, rats scurry between piles of rotting rubbish that grow higher along the pavements. Bo…
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Weitere Autoren: Diver, Ruth (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-914495-03-8
- EAN: 9781914495038
- Produktnummer: 36323210
- Verlag: Welbeck Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 173 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.3 cm 324 g
- Gewicht: 324
Über den Autor
Charif Majdalani is one of Lebanon's most important literary figures. His novel Moving the Palace won the 2008 François Mauriac Prize from the Academie Française.
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