Yālū
by Elias Khoury, ELIAS KHOURY, Ilyās Khūrī, Ilyās Khūrī · 2008
Yalo was a soldier in Lebanon's civil war. Then he was a deserter, a thief, a nightwatchman in Paris, an arms smuggler and a rapist. Under torture, he confesses his crimes, his memories, his sorrow and guilt.
RapeRobberyFalse imprisonmentFictionYoung menGangsTorturePrisonersFiction, psychologicalLebanon, history, civil war, 1975-1990, fictionMothers and sonsConfession (Law)