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Arabesques

A Novel

Arabesques( )
Author: Shammas, Anton
Translator: Eden, Vivian
ISBN:978-0-520-22832-0
Publication Date:Jun 2001
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $57.99
Book Description:

Available again, Arabesques is a classic, complex novel of identity, memory, and history in the Middle East and points beyond--including Iowa and New York City. Anton Shammas, the first Arab to write a novel in Hebrew, has given us a riveting look at a people we hear too little about: Palestinian Christians. Arabesques was chosen as one of the best books of 1988 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review.

Book Details
Pages:263
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Sagas
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 20.955 x 2.032 cm
Book Weight:0.318 Kilograms
Author Biography
Shammas, Anton (Author)
Shammas is a Christian Arab citizen of Israel who writes novels, poetry, and nonfiction works in Hebrew. He draws heavily upon his heritage and the cultural distinctions among Arabs and Israelis in his work. His narrative style, with its epic scope and multiple levels of plot and theme, has been compared to that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 020



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