Via Negativa

Yusuf is an inveterate observer of his native Beirut, that "city of whores and city of dames", watching its bustle from a bar stool. But when one of his most promising students shows him several unfinished stories, Yusuf finds his life's drift is about to hit rough water. The first prose work by respected poet Omar Sabbagh, this stunning, miasmatic novella draws the reader deep into a world where what goes on inside a person's head is more real and important than the world outside.