Fractured Destinies

By Rabai Al-Madhoun

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION
ONE OF THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT ARABIC NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (THE NATIONAL)

Palestinian-Armenian Ivana eloped with a British doctor in the 1940s, in the midst of the Nakba, and emigrated to England. Over half a century later, her daughter Julie has been tasked with Ivana's dying wish: to take her ashes back to their old home in Acre. She and her husband Walid leave London and embark on a journey to Palestine.

Written in four parts, each as a concerto movement, Rabai al-Madhoun's pioneering new novel explores Palestinian exile, with all its complex loyalties and identities. Broad in scope and sweeping in its history, it lays bare the tragedy of everyday Palestinian life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774168623
• ISBN13: 9789774168628
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Hoopoe
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.0"