Publisher
Interlink Books
Year
2006
Language
English
Keywords
Call Number
PJ7816 .B2315hE 2006
ISBN
9781566561907
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
210
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Gay men -- Fiction
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Lebanon -- History -- Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Fiction
Abstract
The Stone of Laughter is a virile novel which brings forth the contradictory history of a city under fire through the life and dilemmas of a gay man. It is a bold and radical novel, full of black humor and cynical observations about life in war-torn Beirut. Written sensitively, and without a trace of sentimentality or political propaganda, The Stone of Laughter shook the Arab readers' preconceptions about women's writing and questioned the necessity of political affiliation for Arab authors.
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