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| 008 | 190613s20192019nyu 000 1 eng | ||
| 020 | _a9780802129437 (hardcover) | ||
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_aPR6108.A5238 _bP37 2019 |
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_aFIC HAM _2 |
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| 100 | 1 | _aHammad, Isabella | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 |
_aThe Parisian, or, Al-Barisi : _ba novel _c/ Isabella Hammad. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aParisian, The |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aAl-Barisi |
| 250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Grove Press _c, c2019 |
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_a563 pages _c; 24 cm. |
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| 520 | _aA masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. Midhat Kamal is the son of a wealthy textile merchant from Nablus, a town in Ottoman Palestine. A dreamer, a romantic, an aesthete, in 1914 he leaves to study medicine in France, and falls in love. When Midhat returns to Nablus to find it under British rule, and the entire region erupting with nationalist fervor, he must find a way to cope with his conflicting loyalties and the expectations of his community. The story of Midhat's life develops alongside the idea of a nation, as he and those close to him confront what it means to strive for independence in a world that seems on the verge of falling apart. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
| 650 | 1 | 4 |
_aAutonomy and Independence movements _j-Fiction |
| 651 | 1 | 4 |
_aMiddle East _v--Fiction |
| 651 | 1 | 7 |
_aNablus _x-West Bank _j-Fiction |
| 651 | 1 | 7 |
_aParis (France) _v--Fiction |
| 655 | 1 | 4 | _aHistorical fiction |
| 655 | 1 | 4 | _aBildungsromans |
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