Description
Set against the fractured landscape of civil conflict, this short, fiercely atmospheric novel follows a fighter who chooses to throw in his lot with the fiddayyin, moving through street-battles and shifting fronts as the war reshapes everyday life. Told through the interwoven perspectives of a Joint Forces fighter, a distressed civil servant, and an elusive, half-formed figure drawn to violence, the narrative reads like a series of lived “ramblings” that blur memory, testimony, and moral uncertainty. With its fragmented structure and shifting viewpoints, the book explores themes of loyalty and betrayal, the bureaucratic face of suffering, and the way conflict turns people into symbols while still demanding their humanity. Elias Khoury’s distinctive, lyrical intensity brings immediacy to the lived experience of war—capturing not only what happens, but how it feels to endure it.
Available Editions
paperback
Picador
Published Nov 27, 2007
176 pages
ISBN: 9780312427160
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Details
First Published
1989
Language
eng
Translation
From: ara
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Little Mountain by Elias Khoury.