Lina: Portrait of a Damascene Girl

By Samar Attar

Book Overview

A revealing study of a girl growing to maturity in middle-class Syria and of her family's struggle to survive in the tumultuous years of 1940-1961 in Damascus. Attar's work shows a keen eye for the daily scene, a keen ear for conversation, and a tragic sense of history. Reflecting the rapid sociopolitical changes in Syria that exalted some, but crushed others, it marks anew the patterns of family life, love, and death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894107801
• ISBN13: 9780894107801
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"