{"product_id":"the-children-of-the-ghetto-i-my-name-is-adam-paperback","title":"The Children of the Ghetto: I: My Name Is Adam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElias Khoury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHumphrey Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLit by the sublime beauty and tragedy of classical Arabic poetry, a Palestinian falafel seller in New York sets out to shape fragments of his family history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving history, memory, and poetry, this unforgettable novel--and the 1st book in a trilogy--provides a sprawling memorial to the Nakba and the strangled lives left in its wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong exiled in New York, Palestinian ex-pat Adam Dannoun thought he knew himself. But an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure from his childhood, changes everything. It is when Adam encounters his former teacher that Adam discovers the story he must tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMa'moun's testimony brings Adam back to the first years of his life in the ghetto of Lydia, in Palestine, where his family endured thirst, hunger, and terror in the aftermath of unspeakable horror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unmatched literary craft and empathy, Khoury peels away layers of lost stories and repressed memories to unveil Adam's story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOscillating between two narrators--the self-reflexive \"Elias Khoury\" and Adam himself--\u003ci\u003eChildren of the Ghetto: My Name is Adam\u003c\/i\u003e engages real (and invented) scholarly texts, Khoury's own work, and Adam's lost notebooks in an intertextual account of a life shadowed by atrocity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias Khoury is the author of 13 novels, 4 volumes of literary criticism, and 3 plays. For 12 years he was a Prof. of Middle Eastern and Arabic Studies at New York University and has also taught at Columbia University. He won the Palestine Prize for \u003ci\u003eGate of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, also named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eLe Monde Diplomatique\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and a Notable Book by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAs Though She Were Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e won France's inaugural Arabic Novel Prize. In 2016, he was awarded the Mahmoud Darwish Award for Creativity. \u003cb\u003eAbout the translator\u003c\/b\u003e Humphrey Davies is a translator of Arabic fiction, historical, and classical texts. His translations include Elias Khoury's \u003ci\u003eYalo, \u003c\/i\u003e Naguid Mahfouz's \u003ci\u003eThebes at War \u003c\/i\u003eand Midaqq Alley, Alla Al-Aswany's \u003ci\u003eThe Yacoubian Building \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFriendly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Hamdy el-Gazzar's \u003ci\u003eBlack Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, Mohamed Mustagab's \u003ci\u003eTales of Dayrut\u003c\/i\u003e, and the four-volume 19th century Arabic experimental novel, \u003ci\u003e Leg over Leg\u003c\/i\u003e, by Faris Al-Shidyaq. A two-time winner of the Banipal Prize, he is also the recipient of the English PEN Writers In Translation Award. Davies lives in Cairo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.5 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52558667088179,"sku":"9781939810137","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ctUY57MeD79781939810137.webp?v=1761220456","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-children-of-the-ghetto-i-my-name-is-adam-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}