Firefly

"A powerful novel of a young man living between Muslim and Christian worlds amid the Lebanese Civil War."--

About the author

Jabbour Douaihy (1949-2020) was a professor of French Literature at the Lebanese University. His novels June Rain, Firefly, and King of India were shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Paula Haydar is assistant professor of Arabic in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arkansas. She has translated twelve contemporary Arabic novels, including several by Jabbour Douaihy. Nadine Sinno is associate professor of Arabic at Virginia Tech. Her publications include a translation of Nazik Saba Yared's Canceled Memories and a co-translation of Rashid al-Daif's Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep?

Product details

• Authors: Jabbour Douaihy
• Assisted by: Paula Haydar (Translation), Nadine Sinno (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9780857429810
• ISBN: 978-0-85742-981-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 568 g
• Series: Arab List
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature