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Abou and the Angel Cohen: A Novel
Claude Campbell
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Description for Abou and the Angel Cohen: A Novel
hardcover. This novel is an amusing, ironic tale of a contemporary Arab village elder, the family and political turmoil that engulf him, and his nightly discussions with an angel who helps him understand how our modern, fractious world got this way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behavior through the ages, in this poignant and ironic novel set in Gaza in 2001.
Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behavior through the ages, in this poignant and ironic novel set in Gaza in 2001.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Bridgehampton, United States
ISBN
9781882593514
SKU
V9781882593514
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Ref
99-15
About Claude Campbell
Claude Campbell, a former English professor at the City University of New York, lives in Kodak, Tennessee, near Knoxville.
Reviews for Abou and the Angel Cohen: A Novel
A curious fantasy [that] mingles metaphysics and grim reality.
Kirkus
Will intrigue and entrance...a powerful and readable tale.
Pat MacEnulty
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, (Ft. Lauderdale)
The chapters...are filled with evocative prose and solid storytelling
John Green
Booklist
Whimsical fable...ironic foot for thought in the meeting of a Palestinian pacifist and an agnostic angel.
The Boston Globe
An original, ironic, humorous, and sometimes tragic novel of conflict in the Gaza Strip....A moving, powerful, and recommended book.
Midwest Book Review
Campbell's debut offers a provocative look at religion and war. For all collections.
Melanie Duncan
Library Journal
A refreshing, humble and certainly welcomed insight into the Middle East...Truly heart warming, and a welcome song to bleak times all across the world.
Rapport Magazine
Humorous and insightful
Adam Ismail
New Strait Times, (Malaysia)
...a gentle masterpiece...
William Demby, author of Battlecreek and Catacombs So original...provacative...stylish.
Frank McCourt Whimsical, bittersweet...A fascinating picture of a Muslim community.
Boston Herald
Kirkus
Will intrigue and entrance...a powerful and readable tale.
Pat MacEnulty
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, (Ft. Lauderdale)
The chapters...are filled with evocative prose and solid storytelling
John Green
Booklist
Whimsical fable...ironic foot for thought in the meeting of a Palestinian pacifist and an agnostic angel.
The Boston Globe
An original, ironic, humorous, and sometimes tragic novel of conflict in the Gaza Strip....A moving, powerful, and recommended book.
Midwest Book Review
Campbell's debut offers a provocative look at religion and war. For all collections.
Melanie Duncan
Library Journal
A refreshing, humble and certainly welcomed insight into the Middle East...Truly heart warming, and a welcome song to bleak times all across the world.
Rapport Magazine
Humorous and insightful
Adam Ismail
New Strait Times, (Malaysia)
...a gentle masterpiece...
William Demby, author of Battlecreek and Catacombs So original...provacative...stylish.
Frank McCourt Whimsical, bittersweet...A fascinating picture of a Muslim community.
Boston Herald