Guard of the Dead :A Novel
Guard of the Dead :A Novel
paperback | English
Published:
15 April, 2019
paperback | English
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15 April, 2019
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Abir scrapes a living in a Beirut hospital morgue by night, stealing from both the bodies he tends and his bosses. But he has a dark history that continues to haunt him. Earlier in the civil war, he fled his village for Beirut and, lost in the big city, joined a political party to survive. When he is kidnapped from the hospital, he knows he has not escaped his past and the many crimes he witnessed. But what or who is still chasing him?
Prizes
Short-listed for International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9789774169106 |
| ISBN10 | 9774169107 |
| Number Of Pages | 276 |
| Item Weight | 266 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
George Yaraq is a Lebanese novelist and journalist, born in 1958. He has worked as an editor and writer for several Lebanese newspapers, magazines and publishers, and his first novel, Night, was published in 2013. He lives in Beirut. Raphael Cohen is a literary translator based in Cairo.