01 Jan 1990
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![The Return to Beirut The Return to Beirut](https://i0.wp.com/visitthisreadthat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/15643070398270.png?fit=111%2C148&ssl=1)
Sybil, a young American, meets her grandmother in Beirut for the first time as Lebanon stands on the brink of civil war. Andre Chedid’s hymn for a dying country uses flashbacks, memories and images to depict the smells, sights and sounds of the Lebanon before and during the conflict.
Source: Goodreads