My Name is Adam
Children of the Ghetto Volume I
$58.33
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2018
Summary
Khoury is one of the greatest writers of our times and perhaps the greatest Arabic-language writer of this generation, definite Nobel Prize material - Avraham Burg, Haaretz
Who is Adam Dannoun?
Until a few months before his death in a fire in his New York apartment - a consequence of smoking in bed - he thought he knew.
But an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure from his childhood, changed all that. From Mahmoud he learned the terrible truth behind h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857057518 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857057510 |
| Author: | Elias Khoury, Humphrey Davies |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 441g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 138mm x 34mm |
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Elias Khoury is an artist giving voice to rooted exiles and trapped refugees, to dissolving boundaries and changing identities, to radical demands and new languages.
One of the greatest writers of our times and perhaps the greatest Arabic-language writer of this generation, definite Nobel Prize material … It’s very hard to review something so close to perfection. - Haaretz.A writer of panoramic scope and ambition. - Financial Times.The finest living Arabic novelist. - World Literature Today.About The Author
Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury is the author of thirteen novels, four volumes of literary criticism and three plays. He was editor-in-chief of the cultural supplement of Beirut’s daily newspaper, An-Nahar, and is Global Distinguished Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University.
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