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A masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey & 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, & falls in love. When Midhat returns to Nablus to find it under British rule, & the entire region erupting with nationalist fervor, he must find a way to cope with his conflicting loyalties & the expectations of his community. The story of Midhat’s life develops alongside the idea of a nation, as he & those close to him confront what it means to strive for independence in a world that seems on the verge of falling apart.Against a landscape of political change that continues to define the Middle East, The Parisian explores questions of power & identity, enduring love, & the uncanny ability of the past to disrupt the present. Lush & immersive, & devastating in its power, The Parisian is an elegant, richly-imagined deb

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Author

Hammad, Isabella

Publisher

Grove Atlantic Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802129437

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction