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A visionary novel examining the repercussions of civil war in the Middle East and the effects of displacement follows a stranger as he arrives at the gates of Beirut, a besieged and deserted city from which everyone appears to have fled, and wanders its empty streets in search of his future. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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City Gates was first published in Arabic in 1981, and in English in 1993. It is a further exploration of the themes of exile, dislocation, and identity. Elias Khoury's early works show him finding the distinctive voice that explodes in his epic Gate of the Sun.A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. City Gates is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East.
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