Forty-two photographs selected from the 560 images Basilico shot across Beirut in 1991, on a commission initiated by writer Dominique Eddé under the artistic direction of Robert Delpire. Basilico worked in a large 10x12 format across a city still scarred by fifteen years of civil war, producing what would become one of his most widely reproduced bodies of work. Published simultaneously in Italian, French and English, the book includes an interview with the photographer by critic Gabriel Bauret. Basilico returned to some of the same locations in 2003 for an expanded follow-up edition.