The Parisian, or, al-Barisi, a novel, Isabella Hammad
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The Parisian, or, al-Barisi, a novel, Isabella Hammad
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (page 566)
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no index present
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fiction
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The Parisian, or, al-Barisi
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1080554696
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Isabella Hammad
Sub title
a novel
Summary
A 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 independenceMidhat 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
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