Books
by Isabella Hammad
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The Parisian |
This debut historical novel is drawn from family stories. Midhat Kamal leaves Palestine to study to become a doctor in Montpelier during WW1. He falls irrevocably in love but, feeling betrayed, he leaves for the hotbed of Paris. Returning to Palestine, he remains an outsider - the Parisian. Through him and an interesting cast of characters we experience the beginning of Palestine's fight for an independent state. It is so imaginatively written with its many layers demanding concentration.
(Christine Miller - bwl 99 Winter 2021) |
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