As Though She Were Sleeping

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As Though She Were Sleeping is written by Elias Khoury and published by New York Review of Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1935744348 (ISBN 10) and 9781935744344 (ISBN 13).

Milia's response to her new husband Mansour and to the Arab World of 1947 is to close her eyes and drift into parallel worlds. Identities shift. Present, past, and future mingle and merge: she finds herself able to converse with the dead and foresee the future. As the novel progresses in glimpses, Milia's dreams become more navigable than the strange and obstinate "reality" in which she finds herself, and the two realms grow ever more entangled. This wondrous tapestry of love, faith, history, poetry, and vision cuts to the very heart of the deep-rooted conflicts of the region and breaks new literary ground.