Fencing with the king : a novel / Diana Abu-Jaber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abu-Jaber, Diana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Jordan--Fiction.

Jordan.

Poetry--Fiction.

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Refugees--Fiction.

Refugees.

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Emigration and immigration.

Kings and rulers--Fiction.

Kings and rulers.

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Inheritance and succession--Fiction.

Inheritance and succession.

Middle East--Fiction.

Middle East.

Memory--Fiction.

Memory.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

x, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022]

Summary:

"A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of "Crescent." Amani is hooked on a mystery -- a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father's books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king's sixtieth birthday -- and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated -- and dangerous -- after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history, and, eventually, a fight for her own life. "Fencing with the King" masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable to explore the power of inheritance, the trauma of displacement, and whether we can release the past to build a future"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780393867718

0393867714

OCLC:

1252845145