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De Niro's game : a novel / Rawi Hage

By:

Hage, Rawi

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : HarperPerennial , 2008.Edition: 1st Harper perennial edDescription: 277, 23 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780061470578

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DDC classification:

FIC HAG

LOC classification:

PR9199.4.H33 D4 2008

Summary: WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE De Niro's Gameplunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon's civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry,De Niro's Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC HAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		062038

Originally published: Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2006.

WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE De Niro's Gameplunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon's civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry,De Niro's Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.

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