Writing Beirut: Mappings of the City in the Modern Arabic Novel

by Samira Aghacy

Exploring the ways in which writers utilize the spaces of the city - joining the factual with the imaginary - this book shows how idiosyncratic perceptions of Beirut are produced, generating an infinite number of Beiruts.
The city emerges as interactive, dynamic and historical, a place that is created from the streets, buildings, and monuments as well as through performance and social interaction. By referring to factual places in Beirut, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748696245
• ISBN13: 9780748696246
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"