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- Book Title
- Beirut 2020: Diary of the Collapse
- Publication Name
- Beirut 2020
- Title
- Beirut 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1635421780
- EAN
- 9781635421781
- ISBN
- 9781635421781
- Publisher
- Other Press, LLC
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Fiction
- Release Date
- 03/08/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Middle East / General
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 6.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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World Literature Today Notable Translation of the Year PopMatters Best Book of the Year Told in elegant, evocative prose, a devastating and necessary testament to the August explosion that thoughtfully examines the crises that preceded it and its aftermath. At the start of the summer of 2020, in a Lebanon ruined by economic crisis and political corruption, in an exhausted Beirut still rising up for true democracy while the world was paralyzed by the coronavirus, Charif Majdalani set about writing a journal. He intended to bear witness to this terrible, confusing time, and perhaps endure it by putting it into words. Using small, everyday interactions--with fellow restaurant patrons, repairmen, the father of his wife's patient, a young Syrian refugee--as openings to address larger systemic problems, he explains how events in Lebanon's recent history led to this point. Then, on August 4, the explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut devastated the city and the country. Majdalani's chronicle suddenly became a record of the catastrophe, which left more than two hundred dead and thousands injured, and the massive public outcry that followed. In the midst of the senseless chaos and grief, however, he continues to find cause for hope in the kindness and resilience of those determined to stay and rebuild.
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Publisher
Other Press, LLC
ISBN-10
1635421780
ISBN-13
9781635421781
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26050108805
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beirut 2020: Diary of the Collapse
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Fiction
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
6.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq3979.3.M34z46 2021
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"A searing, emotional rollercoaster of a read that deftly illustrates the despair and desperation Lebanese people endure daily. Majdalani expertly captures the hopelessness that most if not all Lebanese feel. And yet he still manages to entertain the reader with his sharp and cynical commentary on the country's absurdities and injustices. As a Lebanese person myself, I felt like I was looking in the mirror as I read Majdalani's powerful and vivid words. I could not help but cry throughout. But I also felt less alone." --Zahra Hankir, journalist and editor of Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World "When a terrible financial crisis hit his country, Charif Majdalani began to write a diary. He didn't know it would become the journal of the gigantic catastrophe that would blow Beirut away. Beirut 2020 is the appalling account of a destroyed city in a sinking state." --Mathias Énard, author of Compass and Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants "The author's hometown is falling apart. He watches with sorrow as life leaks from its body, drop by drop. Lebanon's capital, which had been, for decades, the living symbol of the Levant, of its cosmopolitan cultures, of its joie de vivre, has morphed into a symbol of devastation and hatred and madness. Charif Majdalani is a survivor who still finds in himself the elegance to smile and hope." --Amin Maalouf, author of The Crusades Through Arab Eyes and The Disoriented Praise for Moving the Palace : "Renders the complex social landscape of the Middle East and North Africa with subtlety and finesse...Yet one doesn't need to care about the region's history, or its present-day contexts, to enjoy Moving the Palace ...brio and Mr. Majdalani's richly textured prose are reason enough." -- Wall Street Journal "A Middle Eastern heart-of-darkness tale that flows like a dream...crackling with razor-sharp humor." -- New York Times Book Review "Charming and gently humorous...Majdalani's writing sparkles...Those looking for an enjoyable and brisk literary adventure will be very satisfied." -- Publishers Weekly "This utterly charming and, yes, moving novel takes us on a journey...and the result is a victory of human ingenuity and a joyous picaresque...Beautiful fun that also gives a deeper sense of Middle East history." -- Library Journal "Charif Majdalani has a ripping yarn to tell and tells it with a raconteur's bravura. Transporting, wholly engaging, deeply moving. This book is why I travel and why I read." --Andrew McCarthy, award-winning director and actor and author of Just Fly Away and The Longest Way Home, Praise for Moving the Palace : "Renders the complex social landscape of the Middle East and North Africa with subtlety and finesse...Yet one doesn't need to care about the region's history, or its present-day contexts, to enjoy Moving the Palace ...brio and Mr. Majdalani's richly textured prose are reason enough." -- Wall Street Journal "A Middle Eastern heart-of-darkness tale that flows like a dream...crackling with razor-sharp humor." -- New York Times Book Review "Charming and gently humorous...Majdalani's writing sparkles...Those looking for an enjoyable and brisk literary adventure will be very satisfied." -- Publishers Weekly "This utterly charming and, yes, moving novel takes us on a journey...and the result is a victory of human ingenuity and a joyous picaresque...Beautiful fun that also gives a deeper sense of Middle East history." -- Library Journal "Charif Majdalani has a ripping yarn to tell and tells it with a raconteur's bravura. Transporting, wholly engaging, deeply moving. This book is why I travel and why I read." --Andrew McCarthy, award-winning director and actor and author of Just Fly Away and The Longest Way Home
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