Elias Khoury's The Journey of Little Gandhi
a1 Professor at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon. Commenting on his novel Rixs1E25lat Gandhī al-xs1E62aghīr (The Journey of Little Gandhi), Elias Khoury has made two conflicting assertions. At a gathering held to discuss the book shortly after it was published, Khoury reaffirmed his...
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1996
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002074380006311X http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=5200756&fileId=S002074380006311X |
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| Summary: | a1 Professor at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon. Commenting on his novel Rixs1E25lat Gandhī al-xs1E62aghīr (The Journey of Little Gandhi), Elias Khoury has made two conflicting assertions. At a gathering held to discuss the book shortly after it was published, Khoury reaffirmed his political and ideological stance in relation to the war in Lebanon. While acknowledging that Gandhi, the protagonist, is a victim of violence and poverty, Khoury said that he regards war as a necessity, a passage to a higher and nobler aim: I am not one of those who preach against violence, nor do I claim that I am against the war. I have participated in the war, and I remain true to my original choice, and loyal to my comrades who died the death of martyrs. I refuse to go along with the popular “anti-war” fad. At the same time, I remain faithful to the truth and the goal for which we started the war: the creation of another more just and democratic society⃜ [U]nfortunately, we have not succeeded, but at least, it is our duty to tell the truth and… what actually happened. |
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