Born in Beirut, Elias Khoury is the author of thirteen novels, four volumes of literary criticism, and three plays. He was awarded the Palestine Prize for Gate of the Sun, which was named Best Book of the Year by Le Monde Diplomatique, The Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a Notable Book by the New York Times. Khoury’s Yalo, Broken Mirrors, White Masks, Little Mountain, As Though She Were Sleeping, The Journey of Little Gandhi, and City Gates are also available in English.