From the secrets of childhood to the horrors of the Lebanese Civil War, Andrée Chedid draws us into worlds that we have forgotten or never known. In Between the Worlds Chedid vividly evokes a host of characters living very different lives in Europe and the Middle-East, all the time teasing out insights into the nature of friendship, family and conflict.
Published in English for the first time, as part of the successful Flambard Modern Classics series, Chedid's short stories reveal an author delicately traversing Eastern and Western traditions in an elegant and original style. Comedy and tragedy blend in a collection characterised by a powerful sense of place and an uncommon empathy with contrasting ways of living.
This book is supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the Burgess Programme run by the Cultural Department of the French Embassy in London: www.frenchbooknews.com
Between the Worlds costs £9.99 and was published in February 2007.
ISBN: 978-1-873226-88-9
Born in Egypt of Lebanese parents in 1920, Andrée Chedid is today one of the most renowned contemporary French writers. She spent the final years of her formal education in the American University of Cairo before settling in Paris in 1946 with her doctor husband. She has written more than thirty-five books and won major awards, including the 1994 Prix Paul Morand. Her work has been translated into several languages as well as English.
She is the author of From Sleep Unbound and The Return to Beirut. Her output has included poetry, novels, short stories and plays, as well as the lyrics for her grandson's number one pop single. Her pioneering style and artistic vision constitute a truly multicultural body of work.
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