Adult books from Lebanon
Recommended adult books (3)
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If you are into adult here are some adult books from Lebanon for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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DON'T LET IT RUIN YOU. A country. A region. A hunt. Bayarj is overrun by wightsights-humans turned monsters terrorizing citizens by night. As the death count grows, the High Table devises a plan to quell the horror. A hunt. Night after night, volunteers arrive at the Cultcrowder and devote their lives to killing wightsights. But be warned, it can be difficult to tell a wightsight from a human. And the High Table does not tolerate human deaths. Muharib Ka, the soon-to-be textile empress of Country, has found herself amongst the hunters. And they quaver at her presence. Because why would the wea... continue
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Yalo by Elias Khoury EN
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Award-winning author Elias Khoury's latest novel is a searing look at truth and memory, love and trancendence, told through the contradictory confessions of a young Lebanese prisoner During the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, a young man is arrested and charged with rape. Repeatedly interrogated and tortured, Yalo is forced--like Scheherazade--to tell a different story each day to stay alive. As he battles to understand his past and the forces that have shaped him, he comes to discover his own voice and the true Yalo begins to emerge. This is a searing look at truth and memory, love and trans... continue
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Yalo by Elias Khoury ES
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«Yalo no lo entendió, y ese fue su pecado capital. Se agarró a las cuerdas de una voz quebrada y siguió jugando con una mujer rota.». Elias Khoury nos sumerge en un universo de malentendidos brutales, amor y alienación, autodescubrimiento y luminosa trascendencia. En el centro del torbellino, Yalo: un joven que vaga entre mundos como un perro callejero en las calles de Beirut durante la guerra civil libanesa. Vive con su madre y entra en contacto con un grupo peligroso cuyas arriesgadas aventuras le parecen un juego. Sin embargo, el juego se convierte en una amenazante realidad cuando le acusa... continue