Rawi Hage's Beirut Hellfire Society is published this month. He shares five books about Beirut. Dear Mr. Kawabata by Rachid Al-Daif The novel takes place during the early period of the Lebanese war. A philosophical letter addressed to the Japanese Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata. Jane Ciabattari: Rachid, the narrator, lies in Beirut dying of wounds from the civil […]
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