ISBN: 9781529415650 - before the queen falls asleep: a powerful novel about exile, displacement and family by an iconic palestinian writer (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. *As featured as an editor's pick on Radio Four's OPEN BOOK**One of the Guardian's books to look out for in 2024*"An immersive feminist novel that meshes the personal and political to moving effect" Preti Taneja, Financial Times"A brilliant novel of the Palestinian diaspora. Funny and gritty, and bursting with life and humour" Ahdaf Soueif, GuardianBorn a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy's clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father.Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells her daughter a story from her life. As Maleka prepares to leave home to attend university abroad, her mother revisits the past of their Palestinian family, tenderly describing their life in exile in Kuwait and her own experiences of love and loss as she grows up.Huzama Habayeb weaves a richly observed and affectionate portrait of a Palestinian family displaced from their homeland, exploring with humour and poise the love and betrayal that pursues Jihad and her family from Kuwait to Jordan to Dubai. This is a novel whose words will resound long after you finish the final page.Translated from the Arabic by Kay Heikkinen. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*As featured as an editor's pick on Radio Four's OPEN BOOK\*\*One of the Guardian's books to look out for in 2024\*'An immersive feminist novel that meshes the personal and political to moving effect' Preti Taneja, Financial Times'A brilliant novel of the Palestinian diaspora. Funny and gritty, and bursting with life and humour' Ahdaf Soueif, GuardianBorn a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy's clothing and sharing the financial burden of head of the household with her father.Now middle-aged, each night Jihad tells her daughter a story from her life. As Maleka prepares to leave home to attend university abroad, her mother revisits the past of their Palestinian family, tenderly describing their life in exile in Kuwait and her own experiences of love and loss as she grows up.Huzama Habayeb weaves a richly observed and affectionate portrait of a Palestinian family displaced from their homeland, exploring with humour and poise the love and betrayal that pursues Jihad and her family from Kuwait to Jordan to Dubai. This is a novel whose words will resound long after you finish the final page.Translated from the Arabic by Kay Heikkinen.…

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Zustand: New. *As featured as an editor s pick on Radio Four s OPEN BOOK**One of the Guardian s books to look out for in 2024* An immersive feminist novel that meshes the personal and political to moving effect Preti Taneja.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Before the Queen Falls Asleep | Huzama Habayeb | Taschenbuch | 288 S. | Englisch | 2024 | Quercus Publishing Plc | EAN 9781529415650 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, 22083 Hamburg, gpsr[at]petersen-buchimport[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…