Douaihy Jabbour
Douaihy Jabbour - Poison In The Air A Novel - Paperback
Douaihy Jabbour - Poison In The Air A Novel - Paperback
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Description: Poison in the Air 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. 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 L Orient Litteraire 2021) As imagined by Douaihy being cut off from others and absorbed in self - interest brings out humanity's most lethal destructive nature. Poison in the Air 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.
Title: Poison In The Air A Novel
Author(s): Douaihy Jabbour
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group Inc
Barcode: 9781623717544
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 1/30/2024
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: Poison in the Air 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. 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 L Orient Litteraire 2021) As imagined by Douaihy being cut off from others and absorbed in self - interest brings out humanity's most lethal destructive nature. Poison in the Air 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.
Title: Poison In The Air A Novel
Author(s): Douaihy Jabbour
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group Inc
Barcode: 9781623717544
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 1/30/2024
Category: Fiction In Translation
