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"The best research, to date, for the uninitiated. Theoretically and historically informed, Salem exposes the reader to the leading mainstream artists of the 20th century and their struggle with the rich contradictions of Lebanese identity before, during, and after 'the war'. "
--Middle East Journal

"A groundbreaking analysis of the literary narratives that have contributed to constructing Lebanon as a nation in the 20th century….Neither a political history nor a literary history of Lebanon in the 20th century, it nonetheless, cleverly weaves both together with skill and a vast scholarly documentation, and presages the importance of culture and literary narratives in the constructing of Lebanese national identity."
--Digest of Middle East Studies

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