As Though She Were Sleeping

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book As Though She Were Sleeping by Elias Khoury, Steerforth Press
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Author: Elias Khoury ISBN: 9781935744344
Publisher: Steerforth Press Publication: March 1, 2012
Imprint: Archipelago Language: English
Author: Elias Khoury
ISBN: 9781935744344
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication: March 1, 2012
Imprint: Archipelago
Language: English

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 wondrous tapestry of love, faith, history, poetry, and vision cuts to the very heart of the deep-rooted conflicts of the region and breaks new literary ground.

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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 wondrous tapestry of love, faith, history, poetry, and vision cuts to the very heart of the deep-rooted conflicts of the region and breaks new literary ground.

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