City of the Silenced: A Novel

WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE ~ WINNER OF THE KATARA PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

A stunning and luminous novel of modern Lebanon, a deeply human portrayal of men and women longing for change

“This novel transcends the limits of its own setting in space and time to unveil a general human reality for those of us in contemporary society who live in cities that stifle souls and kill dreams.”—Sarah Enany, translator of The Girl with Braided Hair

In Lebanon’s coastal city of Tyre, S...