Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir

by Hussein Barghouthi

A poetically written and bitterly sweet memoir about nature, death, life in Palestine, and the universal concept of home.

Palestinian writer Hussein Barghouthi was in his late forties when he was diagnosed with lymphoma. He had feared it was HIV, so when the cancer diagnosis was confirmed, he left the hospital feeling a bitter joy because his wife and son would be spared. The bittersweetness of this reaction characterizes the alternating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857428969
• ISBN13: 9780857428967
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"