Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
A Curious Land: Stories from Home (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction)
Susan Muaddi Darraj
€ 29.79
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for A Curious Land: Stories from Home (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction)
Hardcover. Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection, and, ultimately, the deepest and richest meaning of home. A Curious Land gives voice to the experiences of Palestinians in the last century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 510.
Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection, and, ultimately, the deepest and richest meaning of home. A Curious Land gives voice to the experiences of Palestinians in the last century.
An excerpt from A Curious Land:
When Rabab lowered the magad and clapped-clapped to the well in her mother's too-big slippers, the stone jar digging into her shoulder, she didn't, at first, see the body. The morning sun glazed everything around her -- the cement homes, the ... Read more
Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection, and, ultimately, the deepest and richest meaning of home. A Curious Land gives voice to the experiences of Palestinians in the last century.
An excerpt from A Curious Land:
When Rabab lowered the magad and clapped-clapped to the well in her mother's too-big slippers, the stone jar digging into her shoulder, she didn't, at first, see the body. The morning sun glazed everything around her -- the cement homes, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625341877
SKU
V9781625341877
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Susan Muaddi Darraj
Susan Muaddi Darraj's stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in New York Stories, Orchid Literary Review, Banipal, Mizna, al-Jadid, and several anthologies. Her previous short story collection, The Inheritance of Exile, was honored by the U.S. State Department's Arabic Book Program. She is a recipient of an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. A Philadelphia ... Read more
Reviews for A Curious Land: Stories from Home (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction)
Shortlisted for the 2016 Palestine Book Awards.