Summary
The impact of war on human behaviour - in all its tragedy and irony - was a formative preoccupation for Ghoussoub, a writer, artist and publisher who witnessed the Lebanese civil war. The book reaches a deeply felt conclusion as she isolates the same trends in every instance of atrocity in the 20th century: the desire to forget the past, the game of betrayal and revenge, the unwillingness to take responsibility, the ease with which victims become victimisers, the tendency to turn people into heroes or traitors, the desire to sanctify or demonise.
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Forgiveness, Not Revenge
Forgiveness, not revenge Jo Glanville Leaving Beirut Mai Ghoussoub Saqi Books, 188pp, £8.99
One of Mai Ghoussoub's last essays, before her shockingly sudden death in February, was a commentary on the World Press Photo of 2006. Spencer Plait's photograph shows a g...See the full content of this document
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