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The Illusion of Return (Melville House Classics) (Paperback)

by Samir El-Youssef (Author)
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  • Paperback: 150 pages
  • Publisher: Melville House Publishing (Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1933633611
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933633619
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,963,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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After 17 years, the narrator and his friend, Ali, meet at Heathrow and slowly remember their past in Lebanon. Their memories are concentrated on one fatal night when they were with two other friends for the last time, before tragedy struck. But for the narrator, a personal tragedy had occurred much earlier... Both the narrator and Ali are Palestinians born in Lebanon. Like many others, they had to leave in the mid-1980s, when it became a battleground for local armies - Ali to America, the narrator to London. But this is not just a story about suffering, it is also about absurd politics and violence - about a world where tragedy and comedy co-exist. A poignant story that lingers long after one has finished it. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


About the Author

Samir El-Youssef is Palestinian and was born in Rashidia, a refugee camp in Lebanon. His essays and reviews have appeared in Guardian, New Statesman, Washington Post, Jewish Quarterly as well as the Arabic Al-Hayat. He has been living in North London since 1990. In 2005 he won the Tucholsky Award for promoting the cause of peace and freedom of speech in the Middle East. The Illusion of Return is his first novel in English. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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