Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Gate of the Sun
Reading Gate of the Sun, Elias Khoury's epic novel of the Palestinian Odyssey, one is impressed with the fatal sense infused in the soul of the indigenous inhabitants and exiles of Palestine by the many empires that have come and gone from their landscape. More importantly, perhaps, is the prophesied destiny of the latest conquerors whose sullied souls, in the end, are likely to destroy themselves. Their brutal carnage--like that of other empires--is destined to end, and amends must be made; if not with the victims, then with themselves.
