Children of the ghetto : my name is Adam
Long exiled in New York, Palestinian ex-pat Adam Dannoun thought he knew himself. But an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure from his childhood, changes everything. As he investigates exactly what occurred in 1948 in Lydda, the city of his birth, he gathers stories that speak to his people...
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Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | Children of the ghetto : my name is Adam / Elias Khoury; translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies |
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Brooklyn, NY :
Archipelago Books
, C 2019 |
Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (428 p.) |
Œuvre : | Awlād al-ghītū, ismī Ādam. English |
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Résumé : | Long exiled in New York, Palestinian ex-pat Adam Dannoun thought he knew himself. But an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure from his childhood, changes everything. As he investigates exactly what occurred in 1948 in Lydda, the city of his birth, he gathers stories that speak to his people's bravery, ingenuity, and resolve in the face of unimaginable hardship |
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Variantes de titre : | My name is Adam |
ISBN : | 978-1-939810-13-7 1-939810-13-2 |