The Resource Fencing with the king : a novel, Diana Abu-Jaber
Fencing with the king : a novel, Diana Abu-Jaber
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The item Fencing with the king : a novel, Diana Abu-Jaber represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Langley-Adams Library (Groveland).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Amani is hooked on a mystery-a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father's books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king's sixtieth birthday-and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated-and dangerous-after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history, and, eventually, a fight for her own life. Fencing with the King masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable to explore the power of inheritance, the trauma of displacement, and whether we can release the past to build a future"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393867718
- Label
- Fencing with the king : a novel
- Title
- Fencing with the king
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Diana Abu-Jaber
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Amani is hooked on a mystery-a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father's books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king's sixtieth birthday-and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated-and dangerous-after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history, and, eventually, a fight for her own life. Fencing with the King masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable to explore the power of inheritance, the trauma of displacement, and whether we can release the past to build a future"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Abu-Jaber, Diana
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3551.B895
- LC item number
- F46 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jordan
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- Poetry
- Family secrets
- Refugees
- Emigration and immigration
- Middle East
- Memory
- FICTION / Family Life / General
- FICTION / Literary
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Fencing with the king : a novel, Diana Abu-Jaber
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1252845145
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393867718
- Lccn
- 2021042897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1252845145
- Label
- Fencing with the king : a novel, Diana Abu-Jaber
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1252845145
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393867718
- Lccn
- 2021042897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1252845145
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