The novel is loosely a modern-day version of Antigone, set during one year of the Lebanese civil war. Beirut Hellfire Society Set in a war torn Beirut, a multi-cultural, multi-religious city, the story of Pavlov is both tragic and brave. “Beirut Hellfire Society” is the third of his novels to be nominated for the Giller Prize, Canada’s top English-language literary honor.

Beirut Hellfire Society: Rawi Hage’s novel "Beirut Hellfire Society" is an intimate glimpse at the effects of civil war that challenges social and religious norms. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion About the Author Rawi Hage is the author of four novels. In Beirut Hellfire Society, Rawi Hage creates a dance that is savage, devastating, tender, mournful, and darkly, wickedly humorous. Détails sur le produit. Retrouvez Beirut Hellfire Society et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. The novel is loosely a modern-day version of Antigone, set during one year of the Lebanese civil war.

Pavlov is the son of an undertaker in war-stricken 1970s Beirut.

In 'Beirut Hellfire Society', Rawi Hage returns to war In his latest novel, the award-winning Hage revisits his birthplace in the midst of conflict By Brian Bethune August 27, 2018 In Beirut Hellfire Society, Rawi Hage creates a dance that is savage, devastating, tender, mournful, and darkly, wickedly humorous. Rawi Hage’s fourth novel, Beirut Hellfire Society, begins with the end of a life. The Hellfire Society, into which Pavlov is initiated by his father exists to deal with the final wishes of both the unconventional and irreligious after death. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Hage now lives in Montreal.

Beirut Hellfire Society is a novel of tragic beauty and dark humour that is comfortable with contradiction and charged with probing philosophic al insights and the luminosity of Arabic poetry.

Beirut Hellfire Society Rawi Hage. July 8, 2019 Share: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) More; The following is from Rawi Hage's novel Beirut Hellfire Society. Set some seven years before De Niro’s Game, when Hage himself was only 11, Beirut Hellfire Society follows 20-year-old Pavlov, the son of an undertaker who falls victim to the war’s random violence. Noté /5. It is also a testament to love for life. Beirut Hellfire Society was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. In Beirut Hellfire Society, Rawi Hage creates a dance that is savage, devastating, tender, mournful, and darkly, wickedly humorous. " Beirut Hellfire Society is a novel of tragic beauty and dark humour that is comfortable with contradiction and charged with probing philosophical insights and the luminosity of Arabic poetry. Beirut Hellfire Society was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. It's a timeless story of the outcast whose act of witness chronicles the world he … Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Hage now lives in Montreal. It’s a timeless story of the outcast whose act of witness chronicles the world he observes. The novel is loosely a modern-day version of Antigone, set during one year of the Lebanese civil war.