The Children of the Ghetto: I
Title | The Children of the Ghetto: I PDF eBook |
Author | Elias Khoury |
Publisher | Archipelago |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2019-07-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1939810140 |
Lit by the sublime beauty and tragedy of classical Arabic poetry, a Palestinian falafel seller in New York sets out to shape fragments of his family history Weaving history, memory, and poetry, this unforgettable novel—and the 1st book in a trilogy—provides a sprawling memorial to the Nakba and the strangled lives left in its wake. 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. It is when Adam encounters his former teacher that Adam discovers the story he must tell. Ma’moun’s testimony brings Adam back to the first years of his life in the ghetto of Lydia, in Palestine, where his family endured thirst, hunger, and terror in the aftermath of unspeakable horror. With unmatched literary craft and empathy, Khoury peels away layers of lost stories and repressed memories to unveil Adam’s story. Oscillating between two narrators—the self-reflexive "Elias Khoury" and Adam himself—Children of the Ghetto: My Name is Adam engages real (and invented) scholarly texts, Khoury’s own work, and Adam’s lost notebooks in an intertextual account of a life shadowed by atrocity.
New Folklore Researches: Folk-prose
Title | New Folklore Researches: Folk-prose PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Mary Jane Garnett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 814 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | Folk-lore, Greek |
ISBN |
Greek Folk Poesy: Folk prose. The survival of paganism
Title | Greek Folk Poesy: Folk prose. The survival of paganism PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Mary Jane Garnett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | Ballads, Greek (Modern) |
ISBN |
Folk-prose
Title | Folk-prose PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Mary Jane Garnett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | Folklore |
ISBN |
Greek Folk Poesy: Folk prose. The survival of paganism
Title | Greek Folk Poesy: Folk prose. The survival of paganism PDF eBook |
Author | John S. Stuart-Glennie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
New Folklore Researches
Title | New Folklore Researches PDF eBook |
Author | John S. Stuart-Glennie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN |
Russian Fairy Tales
Title | Russian Fairy Tales PDF eBook |
Author | W. R. S. Ralston |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Pages | 485 |
Release | 2014-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1776538757 |
For fans of folklore and mythology, this comprehensive volume offers the best of both worlds: an astute introduction to and overview of the common themes and motifs in Russian fairy tales, plus an eclectic collection of charming and enchanting fables, stories, and vignettes.