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This \u201calloy\u201d\u2014as Edward Said termed it in the book\u2019s afterword\u2014created the tool necessary for \u201cgiving a voice to uprooted diasporas and trapped refugees, the dismantling of borders and the shifting of identities, the demands of radicalism and of new languages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In <em>The Little Mountain<\/em> one can find all the characteristics that eventually became the hallmarks of Khoury\u2019s writing: shreds of autobiography, perhaps true, perhaps imaginary, a mix of times, a disruption of syntax, and sheer violence.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Editing of the translation: <strong>Kappah Abd Elhalim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Literary editing: <strong>Dafna Rosenblit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Afterword: <strong>Edward Said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Farewell: <strong>Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cover: <strong>Kamal Balata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mandala, <em>Here and Now <\/em>(1978), silkscreen on paper, 56.5*49 cm.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Photography: <strong>Amanda Ribas Tugwell<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Little Mountain, published in 1977, touches from various perspectives on the chaos that colonial rule left in Lebanon\u2014the rifts between Christians and Muslims, the Palestinian refugee camps and the battles between the military factions\u2014a country in which everyone had a hand in the pot, everything was fluid, and alliances shifted in a moment. 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