GATE OF THE SUN
Book ID/图书代码： 12761510B35783
English Summary/英文概要： I didn’t fight, my dear man, for land or for history. I fought for the woman I loved. In 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. In an attempt to revive his patient, Khaleel, like a modern-day Sheherazade, begins telling Yunis the stories of their people’s exile in Lebanon: their flight from Galilee in 1948; the violence of the 1950s; the massacre at the Shatila camp in 1982. 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: his childhood in Palestine and his commitment as a member of the fedayeen; perpetually on the run, fighting and hiding in caves. Interweaving 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 which remains at the forefront of the news even today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 艾利亞斯•庫利作為備受西方關注的為數不多的阿拉伯小說家和把巴勒斯坦難民經歷傳達給世人的極少數作家之一，為編寫這部小說不遺餘力，花費大量時間呆在難民營和黎巴嫩遠郊的貧民窟去挖掘最真實的素材，還走訪整個中東地區聆聽來自巴勒斯坦難民最真實的聲音。 作品中俯拾皆是的是無時無刻不得不面對的令人窒息的壓迫、挑釁與欺騙還有滿目充斥的血淚劫難後痛苦的掙扎和呻吟，很多人物角色和故事情節幾乎都是難民生活的真實寫照和記錄，不得不稱其為基於偉大而沉重的歷史戰爭題材的劃時代巨著。
在貝魯特郊外難民營的臨時醫院裡，昏睡著一位年邁的名叫Yunis的巴勒斯坦自由戰士。護理這位老戰士的是並不具備從業資格的Khaleel醫生，Khaleel期待著這位昏迷已久的老英雄也許終有一天會醒過來。像《天方夜譚》中每天講故事給國王聽的魯佐德一樣，Khaleel將發生在流亡至黎巴嫩的難民身上的故事不厭其煩得講給Yunis聽，以期能將他喚醒：1948年的逃亡；20世紀50年代的暴力；1982年的沙提拉難民營大屠殺。他講述被遺棄的村莊，黎巴嫩內戰帶來的傷害，難民渴望重返家園但交織在心中的複雜情愫。Khaleel還講述了Yunis生命中那些非同尋常的經歷，他在巴勒斯坦的童年，作為一名遊擊隊員所肩負的重任，永無休止的逃跑、戰爭和洞穴中的躲藏。艾利亞斯•庫利通過走訪和收集發生在難民身上的故事，創造了這部史無前例的巨著，把這個迄今為止仍然駭人聽聞的血淋淋的政治災擺在我們面前。(Claire)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Elias Khoury was born in Lebanon in 1948. Editor in Chief of the cultural pages of the daily newspaper Al-Nahar and professor of Arabic literature at New York University, he is the author of eleven novels. In 2000 he was awarded the Prize of Palestine for Gate of the Sun. Elias Khoury is regarded as one of the best Arabic writers of his generation.艾利亞斯•庫利於1948年出生於黎巴嫩，紐約大學阿拉伯文學教授，並在Al-Nahar日報社擔任文化總編。他作有十一部小說。其中Gate of the Sun 在2000年榮獲巴勒斯坦獎。艾利亞斯•庫利被譽為其同時代最重要的作家之一。
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