Gate of the Sun

In a makeshift hospital in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut, Yunes, an aging Palestinian freedom fighter, lies in a coma. Keeping vigil at the old man's bedside is his spiritual son, Khalil, who nurses Yunes, refusing to admit that his hero may never regain consciousness. Like a modern-day Scheherazade, Khalil relates the story of a Palestinian exile while also recalling Yunes's own extraordinary life and his love for his wife, whom he meets secretly over the years at Bab al-Shams, the Gate of the sun.

Product details

• Authors: Elias Khoury, Elias/ Davies Khoury
• Assisted by: Humphrey Davies (Translation)
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2007
• EAN: 9780312426705
• ISBN: 978-0-312-42670-5
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature