Research Catalog

Title

The night of the first billion : a novel / Ghada Samman ; translated from the Arabic by Nancy N. Roberts.

Author

Sammān, Ghādah.

Publication

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Roberts, Nancy N.

Description

xi, 547 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find their ways of life constantly challenged by their foreign surroundings. The author's scalding critique of the Lebanese situation resonates with strong sociopolitical issues. Here are telling portraits of class oppression and the role of women in Arab society, the treatments of war and sexuality, of immigration, of cultural assimilation and nationalism." "Far from home and out of harm's way, Samman's Lebanese exiles repeat and replay the same conflicts that tormented them in their own land even as it is under siege. The Night of the First Billion is a reminder that the only genuine security is to be found in the courageous willingness to confront, challenge, and finally to ease suffering."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Middle East literature in translation

Uniform Title

• Laylat al-milyār. English
• Middle East literature in translation.

Alternative Title

Laylat al-milyār.

Note

• "Originally published in Arabic as Laylat al-Milyar by Manshurat Ghada Samman of Beirut, Lebanon. This translation follows the text of the second edition of March 1991, also published by Manshurat Ghada Samman of Beirut, Lebanon."

ISBN

0815608292 (hardcover (cloth) : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004020952

OCLC

• ocm56481426
• SCSB-5159494

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries