From Publishers Weekly
Born in Jerusalem, raised in Egypt, educated in England and America, Makdisi married a Lebanese man and settled in Beirut in 1972. Despite the 1982 Israeli invasion and 15 years of civil war, the Makdisis are still there, "clinging to the wreckage" and maintaining a "strange love for this mutilated city." The author of this beautifully crafted memoir delineates the lives and emotions of those who chose to stay, emphasizing the joie de vivre of friends and acquaintances despite frequent shellings, aerial bombardments and fighting in the streets. Told from the point of view of a self-described housewife, this is apparently the first detailed account by a civilian of daily life in the cockpit of the Middle East war. A sensitive and perceptive observer, Makdisi also writes of the ruthlessness of Israeli troops in '82--which will shock readers.
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From Library Journal
This eyewitness report of the still-continuing war in Beirut conveys both the moving struggle to preserve the threads of daily life and the ever-present fear and rage at the destruction of the once-lovely city. Makdisi records her determination to survive the shelling, bombing, and killing that started with civil war in 1975 and accelerated by Israeli invasion in 1982. Huddled in shelters and faced with intermittent supplies of water and electricity, Makdisi and her neighbors grew increasingly angry at the callousness of the political leaders--Lebanese, Arab, and Western--who prolonged the fighting. This well-written memoir will appeal to all who are concerned with human survival, and also to those who need to be reminded of the cost of big-power politics.
- Elizabeth R. Hayford, Associated Colls. of the Midwest, Chicago
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
- Elizabeth R. Hayford, Associated Colls. of the Midwest, Chicago
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
