Description
| Product ID: | 9781911107231 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Trees For The Absentees |
| Authors: | Author: Ahlam Bsharat, Sue Copeland, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Fiction in translation, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues, Historical fiction, Fiction in translation, Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Translated from Arabic, Trees for the Absentees is a relatable coming-of-age tale of young love, meddling relatives, and heart-to-heart connections. Young love, meddling relatives, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined - Philistia’s world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in indefinite detention, nothing is straightforward. Philistia is closest to her childhood, and to her late grandmother and her imprisoned father, when she’s at her part-time job washing women’s bodies at the ancient Ottoman hammam in Nablus, the West Bank. A midwife and corpse washer in her time, Grandma Zahia taught Philistia the ritual ablutions and the secrets of the body: the secrets of life and death. On the brink of adulthood, Philistia embarks on a journey through her country’s history – a magical journey, and one of loss and centuries of occupation. As trees are uprooted around her, Philistia searches for a place of refuge, a place where she can plant a memory for the ones she’s lost. |
| Imprint Name: | Neem Tree Press Limited |
| Publisher Name: | Neem Tree Press Limited |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-12 |