Gate of the Sun

Elias Khoury

Gate of the Sun
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Country
Published
8 November 2016
Pages
552
ISBN
9780914671619

Gate of the Sun

Elias Khoury

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

An imposingly rich and realistic novel, a genuine masterwork that vividly captures the Palestinian experience following the creation of the Israeli state (New York Times Book Review)

After Palestine is torn apart in 1948, two men remain alone in a deserted makeshift hospital in the Shatila camp on the outskirts of Beirut-entering a vast world of displacement, fear, and tenuous hope.

Khalil holds vigil at the bedside of his patient and spiritual father, a storied leader of the Palestinian resistance who has slipped into a coma. As Khalil attempts to revive Yunes, he begins a story, which branches into many: stories of the people expelled from their villages in Galilee; of the massacres that followed; of the extraordinary inner strength of those who survived; and of love. Khalil-like Elias Khoury-is a truth collector, trying to make sense of the fragments and various versions of stories that have been told to him. His voice is intimate and direct, his memories are vivid, his humanity radiates from every page. Khalil lets his mind wander through time, from village to village, from one astonishing soul to another, and takes us with him.

Gate of the Sun is a Palestinian Odyssey and the first magnum opus of the Palestinian saga. Beautifully weaving together haunting stories of survival and loss, love and devastation, memory and dream, Khoury humanizes the complex Palestinian struggle as he brings to life the story of an entire people.

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