MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
PublisherAmerican University in Cairo Press
ISBN-109774169107
ISBN-139789774169106
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038764640
Product Key Features
Book TitleGuard of the Dead : a Novel
Number of Pages244 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWar & Military, Thrillers / Political, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year2019
GenreFiction
AuthorGeorge Yaraq
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisAber 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. During 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 it that is still chasing him?, A series of unfortunate events pulls one man into the heart of the Lebanese civil war, a conflict whose secrets he cannot escape. George Yarak's gripping novel captures the tragi-comic disorder of war with a dark sense of irony. Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Aber makes 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. During 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?, Aber 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. During 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?
LC Classification NumberPJ7974.A73
