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The Parisian Isabella Hammad

The Parisian By Isabella Hammad

The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

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The Parisian Summary

The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

A sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful 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 navigates 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 untangles the 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.

*AN OBSERVER HOTTEST-TIPPED DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2019*

The Parisian Reviews

Isabella Hammads remarkably accomplished debut novel very quickly snares the readers attention Hammad is a natural storyteller... The writing is deeply humane, its wide vision combined with poised restraint A story of cultures in simultaneous conflict and concord, The Parisian teems with riches love, war, betrayal and madness and marks the arrival of a bright new talent. * Guardian *
Breathtaking Isabella Hammad establishes herself here as a literary force to be reckoned with. The Parisian is, in many ways, an extraordinary achievement. * Irish Times *
A stunning 576-page debut, both a lush rendering of Palestinian life a century ago under the British Mandate and a sumptuous epic about the enduring nature of love a small, beautiful, human story blazing against the enormity of the sociopolitical one a novel you sink into. * Vogue *
One of the most ambitious first novels to have appeared in years Written in soulful, searching prose, its a jam-packed epic Hammad is a natural social novelist with an ear for lively dialogue as well as an ability to illuminate psychological interiority Hammad is a writer of startling talent and The Parisian has the rhythm of life. * Observer *
The Parisian has an up-close immediacy and stylistic panache that are all the more impressive coming from a London-born writer still in her 20s There are intimidating 19th-century precedents Tolstoy, Turgenev, Stendhal Isabella Hammad has crafted an exquisite novel that, like Midhat himself, delves back into the confusing past while remaining wholly anchored in the precarious present. * New York Times Book Review *

About Isabella Hammad

Isabella Hammad was born in London. She won the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction for her story 'Mr. Canaan'. Her writing has appeared in Conjunctions and the Paris Review. The Parisian is her first novel.

Additional information

GOR009804730
9781911214434
1911214438
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
Isabella Hammad
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2019-04-11
576
Short-listed for The Folio Prize 2020 (UK) Short-listed for Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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