Event

Elias Khoury, one of the most prolific novelists in the Arab World today. Khoury is from Lebanon and has written 10 novels, four books on literary and poetry criticism, one play and a film scenario. Khoury is also the editor of the An-Nahar Weekly Literary Supplement. Several of his works have been translated to French, German, and Hebrew. English translations of "The Little Mountain," and "The Journey of Little Gandhi" are available. From 2:30-4:00 PM, Khoury will meet with students to discuss his book "The Journey of Little Gandhi," at Van Pelt Library, Weigle Seminar Suite 402.

Khoury's lecture on "The Text and Its Double" will be an exploration of the authentic and inauthentic in literary traditions (Don Quixote and Kalila Wa Dimna).