{"product_id":"beirut-2020-diary-of-the-collapse-paperback","title":"Beirut 2020: Diary of the Collapse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharif Majdalani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuth Diver\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Translation of the Year \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in elegant, evocative prose, a devastating and necessary testament to the August explosion that thoughtfully examines the crises that preceded it and its aftermath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the start of the summer of 2020, in a Lebanon ruined by economic crisis and political corruption, in an exhausted Beirut still rising up for true democracy while the world was paralyzed by the coronavirus, Charif Majdalani set about writing a journal. He intended to bear witness to this terrible, confusing time, and perhaps endure it by putting it into words. Using small, everyday interactions--with fellow restaurant patrons, repairmen, the father of his wife's patient, a young Syrian refugee--as openings to address larger systemic problems, he explains how events in Lebanon's recent history led to this point. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, on August 4, the explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut devastated the city and the country. Majdalani's chronicle suddenly became a record of the catastrophe, which left more than two hundred dead and thousands injured, and the massive public outcry that followed. In the midst of the senseless chaos and grief, however, he continues to find cause for hope in the kindness and resilience of those determined to stay and rebuild.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharif Majdalani\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lebanon in 1960 and is one of the most important figures in Lebanese literature today. After living in France for thirteen years, he returned to Lebanon in 1993 and now teaches French literature at the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut. His novel \u003ci\u003eMoving the Palace\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2008 François Mauriac Prize from the Académie Française as well as the Prix Tropiques. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Diver\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD in French and comparative literature from the University of Paris 8 and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She won two 2018 French Voices Awards for her translations of \u003ci\u003eMarx and the Doll\u003c\/i\u003e by Maryam Madjidi, and \u003ci\u003eTitus Did Not Love Berenice\u003c\/i\u003e by Nathalie Azoulai. She also won Asymptote's 2016 Close Approximations fiction prize for her translation of extracts of \u003ci\u003eMaraudes\u003c\/i\u003e by Sophie Pujas.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768161272096,"sku":"9781635421781","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72a9d7eab64290279bf89a286e83eb05.webp?v=1780326126","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beirut-2020-diary-of-the-collapse-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}