The Parisian, or, al-Barisi : a novel / Isabella Hammad.
Publication details: London : Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage, 2019.Description: 550 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 1911214438
- 191121442X
- 9781911214434 (paperback)
- 9781911214427
- Parisian
- Al-Barisi
- World War (1914-1918)
- 1914-1918
- Bildungsromans
- Historical fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
- Palestinian Arabs -- Fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- Autonomy and independence movements -- Fiction
- France -- Paris
- Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 -- Fiction
- Middle East -- History -- Fiction
- Nablus -- Fiction
- Paris (France) -- Fiction
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | HAM | Available | 069246 |
Includes "Key events in the developement of the Palestinian and Syrian national movements"--Back pages.
Includes bibliographical references.
Midhat Kamal is the son of a wealthy textile merchant from Nablus, a town in Ottoman Palestine. A dreamer, a romantic, an aesthete, in 1914 he leaves to study medicine in France, and falls in love. When Midhat returns to Nablus to find it under British rule, and the entire region erupting with nationalist fervor, he must find a way to cope with his conflicting loyalties and the expectations of his community. The story of Midhat's life develops alongside the idea of a nation, as he and those close to him confront what it means to strive for independence in a world that seems on the verge of falling apart.
