{"product_id":"autumn-equinox-jabbour-douaihy-9781557287076","title":"Autumn Equinox","description":"Jabbour Douaihy's \u003ci\u003eAutumn Equinox\u003c\/i\u003e is a diary of a young man recently resettled in his Lebanese village after going to college in the United States. It continues from the end of May through the September equinox of 1986, narrating his efforts to remake himself through adjustments to his reading, writing, and eating habits, his dress, his posture, his family relationships, his love life. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The diary begins with a view of an Israeli bombing in South Lebanon and ends with a description of refugee families fleeing to the mountain villages. Otherwise, except for allusions to what is going on in the capital, the Lebanese Civil War is far from the story, although its violence has never been far from this village. America, personified by a Lara who does not answer his letters, is a faraway land of nostalgia. The village is here, at the center of the young man's narration, peopled by comic characters who seem to insist on their own unchanging selfhoods and to resist his attempts to be different. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Civil War and the Occupation, the author seems to be saying, are not the only sources of turmoil. Violence and revenge have been part of the people's consciousness, and people might indeed need to redefine themselves while at the same time adjusting to the environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jabbour Douaihy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557287074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557287076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.07h x 5.18w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 90 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Jabbour Douaihy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445377773823,"sku":"9781557287076","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_300fc62d-e706-4320-bd32-d97565de3d85.jpg?v=1777218222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/autumn-equinox-jabbour-douaihy-9781557287076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}