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On April 13, 1975, four Phalangists were murdered during the attempted assassination of Pierre Jumayyil. In a retaliation effort, the Phalangists attacked a bus filled with Palestinian passengers, killing twenty seven of the occupants. And so began a civil war in Lebanon that would last sixteen years and take more than one hundred thousand lives. In his posthumous collection of poetry, Haas Mroue offers deeply moving lyrical verse that details his traumatic experiences as the chaos of the war in Lebanon engulfed his childhood, as well as the experiences of the some nine hundred thousand who were forced to flee their homes. Recalling how he helplessly witnessed rockets flying over rooftops and listened for names of the dead on the radio, Haas relies on strong imagery as he shares how he lived through a war with no name and somehow managed to escape Beirut with nothing but his memories. Originally written some twenty years after he fled the war, the poetry in Beirut Seizures carefully examines difficult subjects and politically charged ideas with grace, emotion, and a strong voice, making it a powerful statement about the impact of war on ordinary people.Product Identifiers
PublisheriUniverse
ISBN-139781462052714
eBay Product ID (ePID)22046527334
Product Key Features
Book TitleBeirut Seizures
AuthorHaas H Mroue
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPoetry
Publication Year2011
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorHaas H Mroue
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States