TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammad,Isabella
TI  - The Parisian, or, Al-Barisi
SN  - 9781784705701 (pbk.) :
AV  - PR6108.A5238 
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Vintage
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - France
KW  - Paris
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Paris (France)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2019
N2  - As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself. Midhat Kamal picks his way across a fractured world, from the shifting politics of the Middle East to the dinner tables of Montpellier and a newly tumultuous Paris. He discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong. Isabella Hammad delicately unpicks the tangled politics and personal tragedies of a turbulent era - the Palestinian struggle for independence, the strife of the early 20th century and the looming shadow of the Second World War. An intensely human story amidst a global conflict, 'The Parisian' is historical fiction with a remarkable contemporary voice
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