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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940, author.

Contributor:

• Allen, Roger, 1942- translator.
• Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940, editor.

Series:

• Middle East literature in translation.
• Middle East Literature in Translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Lebanon--Description and travel.
• Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940--Travel--Lebanon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 pages)

Place of Publication:

Syracuse : 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:

• Foreword to the English Translation / May Rihani
• On the Names of People and Places / Roger Allen
• Introduction to the 1975 Edition / Ameen Albert Rihani
• 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: Gharzouz
• Ninth Journey: In the Recesses of Time
• Translator's Afterword / Roger Allen.

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Includes index.

ISBN:

• 9780815655145
• 0815655142

OCLC:

1260401866