Tale of a Certain Orient - Milton Hatoum

Tale of a Certain Orient

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Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2007 | New edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6907-7 (ISBN)
9,95 inkl. MwSt
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Presents the story of the return to a large and unruly family of Lebanese emigrants in Manaus in the heart of the Amazon, to the past.
When Emilie, the matriarch of a large and unruly family of Lebanese emigrants, is on her deathbed, her granddaughter must return to Manaus and her childhood home to say goodbye. Here, in the heart of the Amazon, she becomes enveloped in memories, as family and friends gather round to tell their own tales. We hear of how Uncle Hanna first left Lebanon for Brazil early in the twentieth century; of Soraya Angela, the illegitimate deaf-mute child whose short life was blighted by fear and prejudice; of Uncle Emir and his solitary walk that ended at the bottom of the river; of Hakim's wranglings with the Arabic language; of the two unnameable, fiery-tongued brothers; of the German photographer and constant friend Dorner, roaming Manaus with his Hasselblad; and at the centre of it all lies Emilie: loving, interfering, luminous.

Milton Hatoum was born in Manaus, Amazonas, and now lives in Sao Paulo. He is also the author of The Brothers, which is published in Portugal, the US, Holland, France, Germany, Spain and Lebanon, as well as in Brazil and by Bloomsbury in the UK. The Brothers was awarded the Jabuti Prize in 2000.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.8.2007
Übersetzer Ellen Watson, John Gledson
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Einbandart Paperback
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-7475-6907-X / 074756907X
ISBN-13 978-0-7475-6907-7 / 9780747569077
Zustand Neuware
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