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7%OFFSusan Muaddi Darraj - The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly - 9780268035037 - V9780268035037
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The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly

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Description for The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.

In The Inheritance of Exile, Susan Muaddi Darraj expertly weaves a tapestry of the events and struggles in the lives of four Arab-American women.

Hanan, Nadia, Reema, and Aliyah search for a meaningful sense of home, caught in the cultural gap that exists between the Middle East and the United States. Daughters of Palestinian immigrants who have settled into the diverse southern section of Philadelphia, the four friends live among Vietnamese, Italians, Irish, and other ethnic groups. Each struggles to reconcile her Arab identity with her American one. Muaddi Darraj adds the perspectives of the girls’ mothers, presented in separate ... Read more

Her suite of finely detailed portraits of arresting characters, told in evocative, vivid language, is sure to intrigue those seeking enjoyment and insight.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268035037
SKU
V9780268035037
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About Susan Muaddi Darraj
Susan Muaddi Darraj is associate professor of English at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. She is also a lecturer in the Johns Hopkins University’s MA in Writing program. She is the editor of Scheherazade’s Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing. Her fiction, essays, and articles have appeared in several publications and anthologies.

Reviews for The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly
“Darraj succeeds admirably in suggesting the diversity of Palestinian-Americans: the four friends Nadia, Aliyah, Hanan and Reema each comes from a family with its own story of exile. . . . There’s a passionate sense here of inheritance as a two-way street that transforms immigrants and their children. . . .” —Publishers Weekly “The interlinked stories in The Inheritance of ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly


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