Broken Mirrors
Sinalcol
by Elias Khoury
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Pub Date Feb 09 2016 | Archive Date Jul 14 2015
Archipelago Books | Archipelago
Description
Karim Chammas returns to Lebanon, his family, and his past after ten years of establishing a new life in France. Back in Beirut, Karim reacquaints himself with his brother Nassim, now married to his former love Hind, and old friends from the leftist political circles within which he once roamed under the nom de guerre Sinalcol. By the end of his six-month stay, he has been reintroduced to the chaos of cultural, religious and political battles that continue to rage in Lebanon. Overwhelmed by the experiences of his return, Karim is forced to contemplate his identity and his place in Lebanon's history. The story of Karim and his family is born of other stories that intertwine to form an imposing fresco of Lebanese society over the past fifty years. Broken Mirrors examines the roots of an endemic civil war and a country's unsettled past.
Advance Praise
"[Khoury] is a writer of panoramic scope and ambition, and Broken Mirrors is rich with sly ironies, incisive political observations, and a cosmopolitan array of ideas and literary allusions." --Azadeh Moaveni, Financial Times
"By turns tender, cruel, violent, passionate, but at the same time profoundly literary." --L'Orient Littéraire (Lebanon)
"Khoury's capacious and entrancing novel, masterfully translated by the award-winning Humphrey Davies, is an extraordinary achievement." --The National (UAE)
"Khoury's narrative skills in this novel are at their peak: reading Shattered Mirror one has the impression of finding oneself in the eye of a whirlwind of a thousand tales, first glimpsed at, then shattered, then finally recovered." --Finzioni Magazine (Italy)
"In Sinalcol (Shattered Mirror), the great storyteller Elias Khoury recounts nearly fifty years of in Lebanese history in his usual eloquence" --Le Nouvel Observateur(France)
"This bounding novel by Elias Khoury is a powerful illustration of Lebanon, its history, and the intricate mosaic of religious communities and political factions that must coexist in this small country" --La Cause Littéraire (France)
"By turns tender, cruel, violent, passionate, but at the same time profoundly literary." --L'Orient Littéraire (Lebanon)
"Khoury's capacious and entrancing novel, masterfully translated by the award-winning Humphrey Davies, is an extraordinary achievement." --The National (UAE)
"Khoury's narrative skills in this novel are at their peak: reading Shattered Mirror one has the impression of finding oneself in the eye of a whirlwind of a thousand tales, first glimpsed at, then shattered, then finally recovered." --Finzioni Magazine (Italy)
"In Sinalcol (Shattered Mirror), the great storyteller Elias Khoury recounts nearly fifty years of in Lebanese history in his usual eloquence" --Le Nouvel Observateur(France)
"This bounding novel by Elias Khoury is a powerful illustration of Lebanon, its history, and the intricate mosaic of religious communities and political factions that must coexist in this small country" --La Cause Littéraire (France)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780914671299 |
| PRICE | $20.00 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Andrija F, Educator
*Broken Mirrors* by Elias Khoury is a novel that delves into the complexities of identity, memory, and the effects of political conflict on personal lives. The story is set in Lebanon during and after the Lebanese Civil War, and it follows the life of a protagonist who grapples with the fractured nature of his identity and the tumultuous history of his country. Through a narrative that intertwines personal and political histories, Khoury explores themes of trauma, displacement, and the search for meaning amidst chaos. The novel is noted for its intricate storytelling and its poignant examination of how historical and cultural upheavals shape individual lives and collective memory.
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