{"product_id":"fractured-destinies-paperback","title":"Fractured Destinies - 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\u003eRabai Al-Madhoun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Starkey\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT ARABIC NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (\u003ci\u003eTHE NATIONAL\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalestinian-Armenian Ivana eloped with a British doctor in the 1940s, in the midst of the Nakba, and emigrated to England. Over half a century later, her daughter Julie has been tasked with Ivana's dying wish: to take her ashes back to their old home in Acre. She and her husband Walid leave London and embark on a journey to Palestine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in four parts, each as a concerto movement, Rabai al-Madhoun's pioneering new novel explores Palestinian exile, with all its complex loyalties and identities. Broad in scope and sweeping in its history, it lays bare the tragedy of everyday Palestinian life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRabai al-Madhoun\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Palestinian writer and journalist, born in al-Majdal, in southern Palestine, in 1945. His family went to Gaza during the Nakba in 1948 and he later studied at Cairo and Alexandria universities, before being expelled from Egypt in 1970 for his political activities. He is the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Lady from Tel Aviv\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2010, and has worked for a number of Arabic newspapers and magazines, including\u003cem\u003e al-Quds al-Arabi, Al-Hayat, \u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Al-Sharq Al-Awsat\u003c\/em\u003e. He currently lives in London, in the UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Starkey\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor emeritus of Arabic at Durham University, won the 2015 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. He has translated a number of contemporary Arabic writers, including Edwar al-Kharrat, Youssef Rakha, and Mansoura Ez-Eldin.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335544049901,"sku":"9789774168628","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/z2XiSylhph9789774168628.webp?v=1785042706","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/fractured-destinies-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}