{"product_id":"the-heart-of-lebanon-9780815611295","title":"The Heart of Lebanon","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen celebrated mahjar writer Ameen Rihani returned to his native Lebanon from his long stay in New York, he set out on nine journeys through the Lebanese countryside, from the rising mountains to the shores of the Mediterranean, to experience and document the land in intimate detail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough his travelogue \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Lebanon, \u003c\/i\u003e Rihani brings his readers along by foot and by mule to explore rural villages like his childhood home of Freike, the flora and fauna of massive cedar forests, and archaeological sites that reveal the history of Lebanon. Meeting goatherds, healers, monks, and more along the way, Rihani offers more than vivid descriptions of the country's sweeping scenery. His candid and often humorous narration captures what he sees as the soul of Lebanon and its people. Allen's fluid translation transports English-language readers to an early twentieth-century rural Lebanon of the writer's time in a way that only Rihani's firsthand account can accomplish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815611295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432","brand":"Roger Allen, Ameen Rihani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38471876968629,"sku":"9780815611295","price":38.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_67260780-2ece-45d1-801f-bf7439d0c45d.jpg?v=1612932654","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-heart-of-lebanon-9780815611295","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}