{"product_id":"gate-of-the-sun","title":"Gate of the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/search?author=Elias+Khoury\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-1plnxgp\"\u003eElias Khoury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/search?author=Humphrey+Davies\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-1plnxgp\"\u003eHumphrey Davies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback | 1 January 2007 | Edition Number 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom many true-life tales collected throughout Lebanon and its refugee camps over the course of seven years, Elias Khoury has created a monumental and spellbinding saga, putting human faces to a political tragedy at the forefront of the news even today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a makeshift hospital in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut, Yunis, an aging Palestinian freedom fighter, lies in a coma. His spiritual son Dr Khaleel --- who has no real medical qualifications - nurses the older man, refusing to admit that his hero may never regain consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an attempt to revive his patient, Khaleel, begins telling Yunis the stories of their people's exile in Lebanon. He evokes deserted peasant villages, the suffering caused by the Lebanese civil war and the refugees' hopes to return home with a subtle mixture of anger and compassion. Khaleel also narrates Yunis' own extraordinary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterweaving many true-life tales collected throughout Lebanon and its refugee camps over the course of seven years, Elias Khoury has created a monumental and spellbinding saga.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palestine Center for Peace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626587164770,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1059\/0506\/files\/images_d6d310d0-72c2-4bba-9b05-9093f20af674.jpg?v=1791769597","url":"https:\/\/palestinecenterforpeace.com.au\/products\/gate-of-the-sun","provider":"Palestine Center for Peace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}