The Parisian

by Isabella Hammad

Book Overview

A masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence.

Midhat Kamal is the son of a wealthy textile merchant from Nablus, a town in Ottoman Palestine. A dreamer, a romantic, an aesthete,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802129439
• ISBN13: 9780802129437
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"