{"product_id":"beirut-fragments-jean-said-makdisi-9780385552271","title":"Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark memoir that stands as a testament to survival, memory, dignity, and the stubborn beauty of insisting on one's place in the world, named a 1989 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJean Said Makdisi--Palestinian writer, scholar, and sister of the late critic Edward Said--has lived in Beirut since the 1970s. First published in 1989, \u003ci\u003eBeirut Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e endures as a beautifully wrought, intimate record of civilian life through Lebanon's fifteen-year civil war and the Israeli invasion of the early 1980s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once clear-eyed and deeply compassionate, a portrait of everyday survival--shattered streets, sudden silences, the fragile rituals of family life--told with a storyteller's grace and emotional precision. As Jean and her husband choose to remain in their war-torn city, raising their children and teaching at the local university, she renders both the terror and the tenderness of living through catastrophe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid ongoing regional violence and global patterns of displacement and erasure, \u003ci\u003eBeirut Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rare, layered perspective on identity, endurance, and the radical act of staying put when the world tries to unroot you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Profound, heartbreaking...Makdisi's...words [are] worth listening to, and her faith in humanity worth emulating.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An impassioned cry against indifference.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Said Makdisi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385552270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385552271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outsider Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jean Said Makdisi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154203750655,"sku":"9780385552271","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d537060b-6b6f-443b-ac22-c3e80adffb59.jpg?v=1770788592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beirut-fragments-jean-said-makdisi-9780385552271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}