{"product_id":"poison-in-the-air-paperback","title":"Poison in the Air - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJabbour Douaihy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaula Haydar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final novel from one of Lebanon's greatest writers and narrator of Lebanese life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoison in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e, Jabbour Douaihy's final novel, chronicles the decades of social, political, and economic turmoil leading up to and including the recent collapse of his beloved Lebanon after the horrific explosion that occurred at the Port of Beirut in 2020. Douaihy brings a multitude of bottled-up toxicity to the surface, as though he is writing his last letter to the world, or a suicide note for Lebanon, as he paints a picture of a society marching down a path to self-destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A first-person narration by an unnamed male protagonist, his generation's journey--like his country's history--seems to echo that of the phoenix. While that mythical creature is continually reborn from its own ashes, ever resilient, we now see it once again plummeting back into the fire, but as if nearly defeated, \"filled with the poison of disappointments.\" (Elias Khoury, \u003ci\u003eL'Orient Litteraire\u003c\/i\u003e, 2021) As imagined by Douaihy, being cut off from others and absorbed in self-interest brings out humanity's most lethal, destructive nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoison in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e might serve as a warning to us all about the dangers of isolation and polarization, about what happens when we \"sentence ourselves\" to listening only to our own voices. The novel's bleak portrayal reflects how essential it is to break out of self-contained bubbles and, like the butterfly he depicts striving toward the light, reunite with the outside world and re-embrace others, in body and in spirit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJabbour Douaihy\u003c\/b\u003e (1949-2021) was born in Zgharta, northern Lebanon. He received his PhD degree in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne and was Professor of French Literature at the Lebanese University. He has published eight works of fiction, including novels, short stories and children's books. His novel \u003ci\u003eJune Rain\u003c\/i\u003e was also shortlisted for the inaugural IPAF in 2008. His novels \u003ci\u003eJune Rain, The American Quarter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrinted in Beirut\u003c\/i\u003e are published in English by Interlink Books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Haydar\u003c\/b\u003e is Clinical Assistant Professor of Arabic at the University of Arkansas. She holds a PhD degree in comparative literature and an M.F.A. degree in literary translation. She has translated numerous novels by contemporary Lebanese, Palestinian, and Jordanian authors. Her translation of Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy's \u003ci\u003eJune Rain\u003c\/i\u003e was selected as the highly commended runner-up of the 2014 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and also made the \u003ci\u003eDaily Star\u003c\/i\u003e's list of Top Middle East Novels of 2014. Her translations of Lebanese authors also include three novels by Elias Khoury (\u003ci\u003eGates of the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey of Little Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e) and three novels by Rashid al-Daif (\u003ci\u003eThis Side of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLearning English\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Meryl Streep?\u003c\/i\u003e). Her translations of novels by Palestinian writers include Sahar Khalifeh's \u003ci\u003eThe End of Spring \u003c\/i\u003eand Adania Shibli's \u003ci\u003eTouch\u003c\/i\u003e (Interlink). Her most recent translation is \u003ci\u003eWhat Price Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e by Jordanian writer Jamal Naji.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 9.61 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764964655392,"sku":"9781623717544","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a72a2286db05d9b792aef72d74894fa.webp?v=1780258974","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poison-in-the-air-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}