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The Parisian

by Isabella Hammad
Fiona Button
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A masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. 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. Against a landscape of political change that continues to define the Middle East, The Parisian explores questions of power and identity, enduring love, and the uncanny ability of the past to disrupt the present. Lush and immersive, and devastating in its power, The Parisian is an elegant, richly-imagined debut from a dazzling new voice in fiction.

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  • Release date

    May 3, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781980040286
      • File size: 584704 KB
      • Duration: 20:18:07

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Fiona Button gives a lush interior voice to Midhat Kamal, a Palestinian who studies medicine in France during the Ottoman Empire. Button is a warm narrator throughout this coming-of- age story of a young man and a nation and the turbulent changes they both undergo. Button captures the myriad emotions that Midhat experiences while abroad and when he returns to his village during political upheaval. Listeners will be moved by the disorienting aspects of both extremes of his life. For fans of historical fiction, this is a look at the birth of the modern Middle East, the end of a once lavish empire, and the promise of young man's future. M.R. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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