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Song for the missing / Pierre Jarawan ; translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer.
Van Pelt Library PT2710.A723 L5413 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jarawan, Pierre, 1985- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Lied für die Vermissten. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Lebanon--Fiction.
- Lebanon.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 467 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : World Editions, 2022.
- Summary:
- "It's 2011 and the Arab Spring is in full bloom when the discovery of two bodies in Beirut sows the first seeds of unrest in Lebanon. With houses already burning, Amin sets out to write down his memories of the country: Of the year 1994, when he returned as a teenager with his grandmother, twelve years after his parents' deaths. Of his friendship with Jafar, the boy who explored the desolate postwar landscape with him. And of the painful discovery that there will never be certainty--neither about his friend's past or his family's history. In this novel full of mystery and suspense, friendship and loss, searches and secrets, Jarawan skillfully interweaves a deeply personal story with the tumultuous history of the Middle East." --Back cover.
- Notes:
- "First published as Ein Lied für die Vermissten in Germany in 2020 by Piper Verlag GmbH" --Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1642861073
- 9781642861075
- 9781912987290
- 1912987295
- OCLC:
- 1267585080
- Publisher Number:
- 99991510961
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