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The Parisian

by Isabella Hammad
Fiona Button
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Parisian written by Isabella Hammad, read by Fiona Button.
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2020*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD FICTION AWARD 2019*
As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself.
Midhat Kamal picks 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 unpicks the tangled 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.
The Parisian is a sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful. Isabella Hammad is an enormous talent and her book is a wonder. —Zadie Smith

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  • Release date

    April 18, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781473569669
      • File size: 584792 KB
      • Duration: 20:18:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Fiona Button gives a lush interior voice to Midhat Kamal, a Palestinian who studies medicine in France during the Ottoman Empire. Button is a warm narrator throughout this coming-of- age story of a young man and a nation and the turbulent changes they both undergo. Button captures the myriad emotions that Midhat experiences while abroad and when he returns to his village during political upheaval. Listeners will be moved by the disorienting aspects of both extremes of his life. For fans of historical fiction, this is a look at the birth of the modern Middle East, the end of a once lavish empire, and the promise of young man's future. M.R. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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