‘Chat’ is from The Stranger’s Letters; ‘Improvisations on a Missing String’ is from the novel of the same name; ‘The Language of the Secret’ is from the novel of the same name; ‘The Story of Warda’ is from the novel B for a House Named Beirut; ‘A Slice of Beach’ is from the novel of the same name; ‘A Pomegranate Notebook’ is from the novel of the same name; and ‘Khamsin’ is from the novel of the same name.
Special thanks are due to translators Catherine Cobham and Denys Johnson-Davies, who graciously provided translations for this collection.