The Woman from Tantoura: A Novel from Palestine

by Radwa Ashour

Book Overview

A rich, sweeping novel of Palestine with the Nakba at its heart, by an acclaimed author

Ruqayya was only thirteen when the Nakba came to her village in Palestine in 1948. The massacre in Tantoura drove her from her home and from everything she had ever known. She had not left her village before, but she would never return. Now an old woman, Ruqayya looks back on a long life in exile, one that has taken her to Syria, Lebanon, the Gulf,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 977416900X
• ISBN13: 9789774169007
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Hoopoe
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 8.0"