The Parisian - SIGNED

Hammad, Isabella

ISBN 10: 191121442X / ISBN 13: 9781911214427

Published by Jonathan Cape, 2019

About this Item

1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book and dustjacket both in near fine condition, with light tanning to page edges because of cheap paper used by the publisher. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1762696342175

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Parisian - SIGNED
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191121442X
• ISBN 13: 9781911214427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The Parisian is a sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful. Isabella Hammad is an enormous talent and her book is a wonder. --Zadie Smith

As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself.

Midhat Kamal picks his way across a fractured world, from the shifting politics of the Middle East to the dinner tables of Montpellier and a newly tumultuous Paris. He discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong.

Isabella Hammad delicately unpicks the tangled politics and personal tragedies of a turbulent era – the Palestinian struggle for independence, the strife of the early twentieth century and the looming shadow of the Second World War. An intensely human story amidst a global conflict, The Parisian is historical fiction with a remarkable contemporary voice.