Midhat Kamal - dreamer, romantic, aesthete - leaves Palestine in 1914 to
study medicine in France, under the tutelage of Dr Molineu. He falls
deeply in love with Jeannette, the doctor's daughter. But Midhat soon
discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become
enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong.
Through
Midhat's eyes we see 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. Lush and immersive, and devastating in its power, The Parisian is
an elegant, richly-imagined debut from a dazzling new voice in fiction.
The Parisian - Isabella Hammad
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