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Beautifully weaving together haunting stories of survival and loss, love and devastation, memory and dream, khoury. Buy gate of the sun by elias khoury from amazons fiction books store. Khourys novels aim to instruct as well as to entertain. He has published ten novels, which have been translated into several foreign languages, as well as several works of literary criticism. Elias khoury, born in beirut, is the author of thirteen novels, four volumes of literary criticism, and three plays. One of kansas city stars 100 noteworthy books of the year. Click to read more about gate of the sun by elias khoury. The novel has left you with images you will never forget. Pdf elias khourys broken mirrors nyrb robyn creswell. He has taught at the american university of beirut, columbia university, and nyu. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Buy gate of the sun book online at low prices in india.
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