The Heart of Lebanon : brief excursions into our mountains and history / Ameen Rihani ; translated from the Arabic by Roger Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940, author.

Contributor:

Rīḥānī, Amīn Albirt, editor.

Allen, Roger, 1942- translator.

Series:

Middle East literature in translation

Middle East Literature in Translation

Standardized Title:

Qalb Lubnān. English (Allen)

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940.

Travel.

Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940--Travel--Lebanon.

Rihani, Ameen Fares.

Lebanon--Description and travel.

Lebanon.

Genre:

Travel writing.

Physical Description:

xv, 531 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021.

Summary:

""The Heart of Lebanon" is an English translation of a work by the Lebanese-American writer, Amin al-RIhani. His journeys from his own village of Freike into the mountains of Lebanon allow him to tell the stories of people, villages, and monuments-each journey offering depictions of spectacular scenery and a fascinating cast of characters"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Journeys

First Journey: To the Cedars

Second Journey: Wherever the Road Wishes

Third Journey: Jbeil Country (Byblos)

Fourth Journey: The Cedars of Jaj

Fifth Journey: To Laqlouq

Sixth Journey: Afqa

Seventh Journey: Amcheet

Eighth Journey: Gbarzouz

Ninth Journey: In the Recesses of Time.

Notes:

Includes index.

"Originally published in Arabic as Qalb Lubnan. Edited by Ameen Albert Rihani, 5th ed. (Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-Lubnani, 1975)."

Other Format:

Online version: Rihani, Ameen. The heart of Lebanon.

ISBN:

9780815611295

0815611293

OCLC:

1191455808

Publisher Number:

99988112429