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Blood Test: A Novel (Middle East Literature In Translation)
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Description for Blood Test: A Novel (Middle East Literature In Translation)
Paperback. A novel that recounts the efforts of a young man to explore his own history and identity through his encounters with the family and friends who surround him. Translator(s): Weiss, Max. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Widely known throughout the Arab world as a leading poet, journalist, and literary critic, Abbas Beydoun's writing is infused with the politics and culture of his native Lebanon. In ""Blood Test"", his first novel, Beydoun recounts the efforts of a young man to explore his own history and identity through his encounters with the family and friends who surround him. The sudden death of his father prompts him to follow the physical and psychological traces he left behind, a journey that raises as many questions as it answers. The young man's search for a sense of belonging and rootedness leads ... Read more
Widely known throughout the Arab world as a leading poet, journalist, and literary critic, Abbas Beydoun's writing is infused with the politics and culture of his native Lebanon. In ""Blood Test"", his first novel, Beydoun recounts the efforts of a young man to explore his own history and identity through his encounters with the family and friends who surround him. The sudden death of his father prompts him to follow the physical and psychological traces he left behind, a journey that raises as many questions as it answers. The young man's search for a sense of belonging and rootedness leads ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
121
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609124
SKU
V9780815609124
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Ref
99-53
About Unknown
Abbas Beydoun is the author of eleven collections of poetry and one novel. He is the cultural editor of the cultural supplement of the Beirut daily newspaper As-Safir. Max Weiss is a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
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