ELIAS KHOURY
Saturday, February 23 at 2 p.m. at Seattle Public Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue

Co-presented with the WASHINGTON CENTER FOR THE BOOK AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY and the ARAB CENTER OF WASHINGTON. Nearly two years after captivating audiences at the University of Washington and Elliott Bay upon the U.S. publication of his sweeping masterwork, Gate of the Sun (in paper now, Picador), internationally renowned Lebanese novelist and journalist Elias Khoury makes this welcome Seattle return to read from his newest work to be translated, Yalo (Archipelago). This is a work of incredible artistry and urgency. "Elias Khoury's Yalo is a novel that transcends—as only art can—the deep divisiveness of ideology, both political and religious. Yalo speaks to our universal humanity, to our profound longing for a realization of self and a connection to others. That such a vision should, at this moment in history, come to the American reading public from a great Arab novelist makes this an extraordinarily important publishing event." – Robert Olen Butler. "Khoury refuses to give the reader an easy position from which to judge Yalo—either as a poor soul or a serial rapist, criminal or victim of torture—or from which to judge Lebanon's tragic and violent fate. His novel is a dense and stunning work of art." – Publishers Weekly. Free admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis (no tickets). The Seattle Public Central Library is located at 1000 Fourth Avenue (between Madison & Spring). For more information, please call (206) 624-6600 or (206) 386-4650, or also see www.spl.org.

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