Nabil, a Lebanese surgeon training at the Mass. General Hospital,
had been for a brief visit to south Lebanon where his family lived,
about ten months after the Israeli onslaught on Lebanon in July
2006. His family had survived the war, but he had not seen them for
three years. On his return to Boston, he is denied admission to the
US by the officer interrogating him. The officer decided he was a
security risk, and put him back on the next plane out of Logan
airport. This fateful decision devastated Nabil, thinking of his
beloved Helen, a senator's daughter, who had agreed to marry him.
In his mental anguish, the only thing that kept turning over in his
mind was that prophetic poem by Mathew Arnold he had recited to
Helen one day by the Charles river: "Ah, love, let us be true To
one another For the world which seems To lie before us like a land
of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither
joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for
pain; And we are here on a darkling plain Swept with confused
alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by
night."
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
Suhail Bulos
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
130 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4895-5822-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Romance >
General
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4895-5822-5 |
Barcode: |
9781489558220 |
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