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Book SynopsisIn the streets armed militias carve out their territories, while ragged construction workers rebuild the city. At any moment, the bombs will start falling. Meanwhile, Zena and her friend Maya must try to make sense of their lives amidst the craziness, and negotiate the city's obsessions including cosmetic surgery, husband hunting and Kalashnikovs.
Trade Review`El Khalil brings the city and its current events to life through personal anecdotes and love for this conflicted, beautiful place she calls home’ Gwyneth Paltrow; `Sensual and visceral, you will smell, hear and taste Beirut’ Time Out, Beirut; 'Less the work of a writer, and more like a book written by an artist, Beirut, I Love You is crammed with metaphor and creativity' Forward Magazine; 'The author's varying tones of passion and detachment heighten the emotional effect. Like Baghdad, which has somehow always survived, El Khalil defies defeat. Her unflinching inside view of Beirut's tragedy and of "Amreekan" duplicity underscore why her 2006 blog beirutupdate.blogspot.com received international attention.' Publishers Weekly; 'Here, the dichotomies of East and West Beirut, Muslim and Christian, Arab and Phoenician, and pre and post-war (among others) are brought to life with a simplicity and cheek that only the likes of El Khalil could pull off.' Reorient
