![]() ![]() In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). ![]() It is also a love story that asks questions about the ability of passion to overcome hatred and difference." A multi-voiced narration, The Ninety-Ninth Floor conveys the brutality that war leaves on the people who experience it. His relationship with Hilda, a Lebanese woman from a right-wing Christian family, exposes his innermost fears, worries, and dark secrets. But with all his success, Majed's past continues to haunt him. ![]() A Palestinian born and raised in Lebanon, Majed creates a new life for himself in the glittery world of New York City's computer games industry. At times as cold and hard-edged as the skyscrapers in its backdrop, The Ninety-Ninth Floor follows the struggles and triumphs of Majed as he makes it in Manhattan at the turn of the century, after surviving the devastating 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp. ![]() "Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015. ![]()
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