The broken mirrors

Elias Khoury

Original title: Broken mirrors

earliest edition we have, 2012 Quercus, 2016 448 pages

"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, reli...

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This book in English

Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman) Davies 2 printings we hold · 2015–2016 · MacLehose Press

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Editions we hold

Broken mirrors edition · 2016 · Archipelago · 501 pages · 9780914671299
Broken Mirrors edition · 2016 · Quercus · 448 pages · 9781848667723
The broken mirrors edition · 2015 · MacLehose Press · 441 pages · 9781848669826
Sīnālkūl edition · 2012 · Dār al-Ādāb · 510 pages · 9789953892139

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