As Though She Were Sleeping

by Elias Khoury

Book Overview

Milia's response to her new husband Mansour and to the Arab World of 1947 is to close her eyes and drift into parallel worlds. Identities shift. Present, past, and future mingle and merge: she finds herself able to converse with the dead and foresee the future. As the novel progresses in glimpses, Milia's dreams become more navigable than the strange and obstinate "reality" in which she finds herself, and the two realms grow ever more entangled. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193574402X
• ISBN13: 9781935744023
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.9" x 7.6"