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City Gates

by Elias Khoury · 2007

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"A stranger arrives at the gates of a city from which everyone appears to have fled. The once besieged and now deserted city is Beirut. City Gates is a fable of displacement and a visionary tale about the consequences of civil war in the Middle East"—P. [4] of cover.

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
Middle EastMiddle EastMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages

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