Shammas, Anton

Arabesques

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ISBN 13:
9781681376929
author:
Shammas, Anton
format:
Paperback
publisher:
NYRB Classics
language:
English
Publication Year:
2023
Pages:
280
Dimensions:
20.3 x 12.8 x 0.2 centimetres (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Family Life, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£13.74

Description

Arabesques by Anton Shammas is a deeply personal and inventive exploration of living in liminal spaces. Written in Hebrew, this novel engages with history and politics as literature, rather than propaganda. The book is divided into two sections: "The Tale" and "The Teller". "The Tale" tells the story of family life in a rural village, where past and present intersect, while "The Teller" follows the writer's journey to Paris and the United States, as he discovers his vocation as a writer. This tour de force is both a personal and political narrative that reimagines the novel as a way of responding to historical and cultural legacies. Through its unique blend of language and storytelling, Arabesques raises important questions about the authority of the storyteller and the nature of the self.

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