Guard of the Dead
A Novel
George Yarak author Raphael Cohen translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The American University in Cairo Press
Published:15th Apr '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A series of unfortunate events pulls one man into the heart of the Lebanese civil war, a conflict whose secrets he cannot escape
Abir scrapes a living in a Beirut hospital morgue by night, stealing from both the bodies he tends and his bosses. But he has a dark history that continues to haunt him. Earlier in the civil war, he fled his village for Beirut and, lost in the big city, joined a political party to survive. When he is kidnapped from the hospital, he knows he has not escaped his past and the many crimes he witnessed. But what or who is still chasing him?
"Observant, perceptive. . . deserves recognition."— World Literature Today
- Short-listed for International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
ISBN: 9789774169106
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 266g
276 pages