{"product_id":"arabesques-paperback","title":"Arabesques - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Shammas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVivian Eden\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eElias Khoury\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous, inventive, and deeply personal exploration of living in the liminal space between Jewish and Arab, ancient and modern, by a gifted Palestinian writer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChosen by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best books of 1988, \u003ci\u003eArabesques\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous novel that engages with history and politics not as propaganda but as literature. That engagement begins with the language in which the book is written: Anton Shammas, from a Palestinian Christian family and raised in Israel, wrote in Hebrew, as no Arab novelist had before. The choice was provocative to both Arab and Jewish readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArabesques\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into two sections: \"The Tale\" and \"The Teller.\" \"The Tale\" tells of several generations of family life in a rural village, of the interplay of past and present, of how memory intersects with history in a part of the world where different people have both lived together and struggled against each other for centuries. \"The Teller\" is about the writer's voyage out of that world to Paris and the United States, as he comes into his vocation as a writer, and raises questions about the authority of the storyteller and the nature of the self. Shammas's tour de force is both a personal and a political narrative--a reinvention of the novel as a way of envisioning and responding to historical and cultural legacies and conflicts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Shammas\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1950) is a Palestinian writer and translator of Arabic, Hebrew, and English. His novel \u003ci\u003eArabesques\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in Hebrew in 1986 and translated into nine languages, was chosen by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best seven works of fiction of 1988. A professor emeritus of comparative literature and Middle East studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Shammas's essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCritical Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Eden\u003c\/b\u003e is an American poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and works on the staff of \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElias Khoury\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary critic, novelist, editor, playwright, activist and public intellectual. The author of twelve novels, Khoury's work has been translated into numerous languages, and he is considered one of the foremost novelists writing in Arabic today.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765733032224,"sku":"9781681376929","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95a5a796a6f57d2feb4ee4323e16f535.webp?v=1780278268","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/arabesques-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}