{"product_id":"the-journey-of-little-gandhi-9780312427177","title":"The Journey of Little Gandhi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury.\"--Laila Lalami, \u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eGate of the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand \"one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab World\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e) comes the many-layered story of Little Gandhi, or Abd Al-Karim, a shoe shine in a city fractured by war. Shot down in the street, Gandhi's story is recounted by an aging and garrulous prostitute named Alice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIngeniously embedding stories within stories, \u003ci\u003eLittle Gandhi \u003c\/i\u003ebecomes the story of a city, Beirut, in the grip of civil war. Once again, as John Leonard wrote in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Elias Khoury \"fills in the blank spaces on the Middle Eastern map in our Western heads.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312427177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elias Khoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635881210012,"sku":"9780312427177","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_349c3c13-14b8-4c48-a2a6-1ebea662d76c.jpg?v=1603840782","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-journey-of-little-gandhi-9780312427177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}