The Voice of the Absent

One of the publications of the Lebanese Cénacle, written by Khalil Ramez Sarkis; as for the owner of the voice whose memory the Cénacle — and the author, and Lebanon behind them — wished to revive, he is the late Michel Chiha.

The style of Ustad Khalil Sarkis in this booklet is distinguished by the language that Ustad Michel Asmar described in his introduction, saying:

"Khalil Ramez Sarkis, beside his merit in bringing the tones of this voice back to life, has the first merit of restoring it to us in a lofty and singular Arabic elegance, in which are joined the concision of the original, its depth, and the splendor of its casting, all together."