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 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. Against a landscape of political change that continues to define the Middle
East, The Parisian explores questions of power and identity, enduring love, and the uncanny ability of the past to disrupt the present. Lush and immersive, and devastating in its power, The Parisian
is an elegant, richly-imagined debut from a dazzling new voice in fiction.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
"[A] lush historical epic with echoes of Stendhal.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Dazzling…A deeply imagined historical novel with none of the usual cobwebs of the genre…The Parisian has an up-close immediacy and stylistic panache…Exquisite.” —New York Times Book Review
“Stunning…a lush rendering of Palestinian life a century ago under the British mandate and a sumptuous epic about the enduring nature of love.” —Vogue
“Narrator Fiona Button gives a lush interior voice to Midhat Kamal…Button is a warm narrator throughout this coming-of-age story of a young man and a nation and the turbulent changes they both undergo. Button captures the myriad emotions that Midhat experiences while abroad and when he returns to his village during political upheaval…For fans of historical fiction, this is a look at the birth of the modern Middle East, the end of a once lavish empire, and the promise of young man’s future.” —AudioFile
Isabella Hammad was awarded the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and a 2019 O. Henry Prize. Her first novel, The Parisian, won a Palestine Book Award, the Sue
Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. She was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree and has
received literary fellowships from MacDowell and the Lannan Foundation. Her writing has appeared in Conjunctions, Paris Review, the New York Times, and elsewhere.
She is a fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris.
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CD
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MP3 CD
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Category:
Fiction/Literary
Publisher:
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publisher:
Recorded Books, Inc.
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Recorded Books, Inc.
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17
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17
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Runtime:
20.30
ISBN:
9781664480735
ISBN:
9781664588561
ISBN:
9781664752108
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Adult
Language:
English
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