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Where the bird disappeared / Ghassan Zaqtan ; translated by Samuel Wilder.
Van Pelt Library PJ7876.A6565 A2 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zaqṭān, Ghassān, author.
- Series:
- Arab list
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic fiction.
- Zakarīyā (Palestine)--Fiction.
- Zakarīyā (Palestine).
- Arabic fiction--21st century--Translations into English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 104 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seagull Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This lyrical novel, set in the surroundings of the Palestinian village of Zakariyya, weaves a narrative rich in sensory detail yet troubled by the porousness of memory. It tells the story of the relationship between two figures of deep mythical resonance in the region, Yahya and Zakariyya, figures who live in the present but bear the names-and many traits-of two saints. Ranging from today into to pre-1948 Palestine, the book presents both a compelling portrait of a contemporary village and a sacred geography that lies beyond and beneath the present state of the world. Sensual, rich in allusion, yet at the same time focused on the struggles of today, Where the Bird Disappeared is a powerful novel of both connection and dispossession"--Jacket.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Arabic.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0857425420
- 9780857425423
- OCLC:
- 1018457999
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