Yalo

Elias Khoury

Original title: Yālū

earliest edition we have, 2004 MacLehose, 2010

Rainmaker translations

Yalo was a soldier in Lebanon's civil war. Then he was a deserter, a thief, a nightwatchman in Paris, an arms smuggler and a rapist. Under torture, he confesses his crimes, his memories, his sorrow and guilt.

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This book in English

Peter Theroux 1 printing we hold · 2008 · Archipelago Books

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Editions we hold

Yalo edition · 2010 · MacLehose · 9781906694814
Yalo edition · 2009 · Picador · 9780312428686
Yalo hardcover · 2008 · Archipelago Books · 260 pages · 9780979333040
Yalu edition · 2005 · Andalus · 317 pages
Jalo edition · 2004 · Ambo · 333 pages · 9789026318238
Yalo edition · Sindbad - Actes Sud

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