A House at the Edge of Tears
In the city of Beirut, five shabby dwellings circle a courtyard with a pomegranate tree weeping blood red fruit. The residents hear screams in the night as a boy is tossed out into the street by his father-a punishment for masturbating in his sleep. A crime not worthy of the punishment: the neighbors gossip and decide that he must have tried to rape his sisters. Small-boned with long, silky lashes, no one but the devil could camouflage evil so seductively. The poems he writes are perhaps an even greater crime to his father, but ultimately a gift to his eldest sister, who narrates their story with a combination of brutal truth and stunning pro…
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- ISBN: 978-1-55597-434-3
- EAN: 9781555974343
- Produktnummer: 1700531
- Verlag: Gray Wolf Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 111 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B13.5 cm x D0.9 cm 145 g
- Gewicht: 145
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Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Translated by Marilyn Hacker
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