Fiction. Translated from the French by Laird Hunt. Set in a city much like Beirut in the aftermath of bloody civil war, a former mercenary relates his fate and that of others of his kind after the pea
A word-crazedmonologue in the mind of a man flying to his war-torn native country for thefirst time in years, Without Origin exploresthe ways a family, homeland, friendship, or even a favorite author,
