The Parisian
The Parisian The Parisianis a sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful. --Zadie SmithAs the First World War shatters families,…
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The Parisian
The Parisianis a sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful. --Zadie SmithAs the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself.Midhat Kamal picks his way across a fractured world, from the shifting politics of the Middle East to the dinner tables of Montpellier and a newly tumultuous Paris.He discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong.Isabella Hammad delicately unpicks the tangled politics and personal tragedies of a turbulent era - the Palestinian struggle for independence, the strife of the early twentieth century and the looming shadow of the Second World War. Isabella Hammad is an enormous talent and her book is a wonder.
An intensely human story amidst a global conflict, The Parisian is historical fiction with a remarkable contemporary voice.AN OBSERVER HOTTEST-TIPPED DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2019