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After 17 years, the narrator and his friend, Ali, meet at Heathrow andslowly remember their past in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon. Their memories are concentrated on one fatal night when they were with two other friends for the last time, before tragedy struck. But for the narrator, a personal tragedy had occurred much earlierLike many other Palestinians, both Ali and the narrator had to leave Lebanon in the mid-1980s, when it became a battleground for local armies - Ali to America, the narrator to London.But this is not just a story about suffering, it is also about absurd politicsand violence - about a world where tragedy and comedy co-exist. A poignant story that lingers long after one has finished it.
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Samir El-Youssef was born in Lebanon and eventually moved to London, where he currently resides. He has worked as a critic and essayist for magazines and newspapers in both English and Arabic, including the Guardian, The New Statesman, Al-Hayat, and The Washington Post. He is also the author of a novel and two short story collections in Arabic. El-Youssef received the Swedish PEN Tuchotsky Award in 2005 for promoting peace and freedom of speech in the middle east. The Illusion of Return is his first novel in English.
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"[A] vivid portrait of life in wartime Lebanon, and the temporary refuge provided by friends... poignant and evocative."
—The Economist
“El-Youssef is unflinchingly critical of aspects of his society ... the novel attempts to reveal a more complex human reality behind the smokescreen of tales of heroism and martyrdom.”
—Guardian
“A nuanced, thought-provoking look at this world, free of easy, political answers.”
—New Statesman
“A stirring book.”
—Financial Times
"[A] vivid portrait of life in wartime Lebanon, and the temporary refuge provided by friends... poignant and evocative."
—The Economist
“El-Youssef is unflinchingly critical of aspects of his society ... the novel attempts to reveal a more complex human reality behind the smokescreen of tales of heroism and martyrdom.”
—Guardian
“A nuanced, thought-provoking look at this world, free of easy, political answers.”
—New Statesman
“A stirring book.”
—Financial Times
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- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1905559070
- ISBN 13 9781905559077
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