Hachette Antoine/Novel

He is an ordinary man, living an ordinary life, in a building that is no longer ordinary, having been occupied by the military and transformed into a security site. His experience of this building unfolds in a series of scenes, a dark comedy. Faced...

In the heart of a country engulfed in war and violence, a small group wages its own private war. The setting: a psychiatric hospital. The time: a lull between two battles. The protagonists: a film crew, a group of corrupt individuals, a criminal on...

Some have owned their lives since birth. A stable, resilient life, in homes where tranquility dwells. And some inhabit houses of paper, fragile, unstable, uprooted by a breeze. Yasmina was stripped bare by the tattered remnants of her story when the storm came. She...

In war, identities are lost. You may acquire a new identity by decision, or an identity may be imposed on you because of a mere mistake. She may be a veiled woman burdened by the authority of a patriarchal husband, strict religious control, and...

In this new novel, a satirical tale set against the backdrop of a love story, a visiting Spanish lecturer delves deeply into the prestigious university and its community. A sense of alienation separates him from his new surroundings. A sense of unease prevents him...

Reham informed me, after arriving in the town, in a garbled phone call, that she had found the remains of the marble headstone bearing her father's name, but that she had not yet located the official burial site. She said she would not return...

I was born into a Shakespearean family, with a father who served the king for forty years and a brother banished to one of his prisons. Imagine a terrifying, oppressive palace where the most loyal are punished, and where jealousy reigns supreme. His Highness...

I recall, with a sense of bewilderment, what Abdel-Azim Shodak, the lame, nearly deaf mechanic, did. He was once found inside the ward, his skin reeking of grease and old oils. He wore thin-lensed reading glasses, followed everywhere, and a heavy medical bandage around...

What does it mean to live in Jerusalem today, carrying the legacy of a tribe that abandoned the wilderness, as described in the previous two parts of Mahmoud Shuqair's trilogy: "The Family's Mare" and "In Praise of the Women of the Family"? The descendants...

My mother, lying on her bed, told me that she had been a stray cat forty years ago. She looked at me, and I sat with her. She added that she was perfectly suited to this day; and she remained on the ice she...

I know, Maria, that there's a child inside you, and that children fear bullets and cherish their mothers' breasts. But I know you have no hope but a few thousand unarmed souls to face all this sorrow. You love roses, but my garden no...

While I was still pondering this oft-repeated saying, "No soul knows in what land it will die," I was lost in the mystery of the plot of land where Abu Saad was buried. Where was it? Would it bear a towering headstone, as is...

Not much happens in Rabih Alameddine's new novel. There's no engaging plot, no whirlpools of characters getting lost, no story that captivates the reader. Literature itself is what unfolds in this novel. Literature imbued with a whole life, a ghost haunting a woman who...

Life and death. Victory and defeat. Hope and despair. In "Tala's Story," Henry, a renowned New York writer, tries to cope with his mother's sudden departure and the failure of his latest novel. His mother, whose life was filled with successes, is dead and...

Having grown up in a well-known camp in Lebanon, Shaker Khazal set one mission as a red flag: to get out of the prison of displacement and take his rightful place in the world. This detailed account of his life takes you on a...

Iskandar Hayek lived a comfortable and happy life. He was a prominent fabric merchant, the absolute master of his factory, his land, and his family, despite the clouds gathering over Lebanon in the mid-1960s, and the constant bickering between his fierce sister, Mado, his...

How can a lover escape love, or a warrior escape war? He died without love, but without enemies, so neither war was his defense, nor love his injustice. As for her, that captivating woman who carries weapons in one hand and her heart in...

In October 1898, German Emperor Wilhelm II embarked on a journey to the East. In Istanbul, he met with Sultan Abdul Hamid II and planned the construction of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway, aiming to immediately rival trade and the overland route to India. To keep...

Is it right to categorize people as purely good or purely evil? Is goodness an absolute value? Is poetry a flaw that begins with an irreversible slip? Should we sympathize with someone drowning, driven by a deep-seated desire to escape this trap, or should...

There is one positive aspect to leaving. Shedding one's skin can be worthwhile, despite the scars that fester in the soul. On the occasion of leaving, we become a charity event. We wear the skin of who we dreamed of being, or who hosts...