The Children of the Ghetto: I: My Name Is Adam

by Elias Khoury

Lit by the sublime beauty and tragedy of classical Arabic poetry, a Palestinian falafel seller in New York sets out to shape fragments of his family history

Weaving history, memory, and poetry, this unforgettable novel--and the 1st book in a trilogy--provides a sprawling memorial to the Nakba and the strangled lives left in its wake.

Long exiled in New York, Palestinian ex-pat Adam Dannoun thought he knew himself. But an encounter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939810132
• ISBN13: 9781939810137
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 7.5"