Limbo Beirut
เจเจธ เจ-เจเจฟเจคเจพเจฌ เจฌเจพเจฐเฉ
The multiple narrative voices and the dozens of pen-and-ink illustrations that accompany the text allow Chouman to achieve a mesmerizing cinematic quality with this novel that is unique in modern Arabic fiction. Not only will readers appreciate the meaningful exploration of the effects of violence on the psyche, but they will also enjoy discovering how the lives of these charactersโalmost all of whom are strangers to one anotherโintersect in surprising ways.
เจฐเฉเจเจฟเฉฐเจเจพเจ เจ เจคเฉ เจธเจฎเฉเจเจฟเจเจตเจพเจ
เจฒเฉเจเจ เจฌเจพเจฐเฉ
Hilal Chouman was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1982. He studied electronics and communications engineering in Lebanon, France, and the UK. He currently works in digital marketing. Chouman is the author of three novels in Arabic: Stories of Sleep, Napolitana, and Limbo Beirut, which is the first to be translated into English.
Anna Ziajka Stanton is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic Literature at Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
