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"Told from the perspectives of three characters: a Joint Forces fighter; a distressed civil servant; and an amorphous figure, part fighter, part intellectual. Elias Khoury's language is poetic and piercing as he tells the story of Beirut, civil war, and fractured identity"--P. [4] of cover.
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2007Picador · 176 pages · 9780312427160
- Hardcover · English · 1989The Little MountainCarcanet Pr · 140 pages · 9780856358487
- Other · English · 1990Collins Harvill · 144 pages · 9780002711647
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