Limbo Beirut

by Hilal Chouman

Book Overview

In Hilal Chouman's Limbo Beirut, a gay artist, a struggling novelist, a pregnant woman, a disabled engineering student, a former militia member, and a medical intern all take turns narrating the violent events of May 2008, when Hezbollah militants and Sunni fighters clashed in the streets of Beirut. For most of these young men and women, the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) is but a vague recollection, but the brutality of May 2008 serves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477310053
• ISBN13: 9781477310052
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.9"