Mahjar
Published on 1. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-74114-071-2 (ISBN)
Description
Zein, Farhan, Rayya and their circle are migrants of the fifties, yearning for both their future and their past. Their children, Salah, Rima, Hussein and their friends are young Australians with a distinctive voice and place, succeeding or failing in the clash between generations, struggling for independence in the face of their parents hopes and dreams. Abdal-Rahman is an Iraqi refugee who has lost everything. And Ali, Ahmad, Akram and Yusuf are children in Palestine and Baghdad who have no future but whose stories soar. Mahjar is about lives, journeys and stories, about exile and the experiences that push people to new homelands. Through interwoven stories and fables, it evokes Australia s intimate connection with the Middle East. as well as the joys of living in a new land.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74114-071-2 (9781741140712)
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Person
Eva Sallis was born in Bendigo. She has an MA in literature and a PhD in comparative literature from The University of Adelaide where she now teaches. She won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1997 for her first novel, Hiam. Her most recent novel is The City of Sealions which was published in 2002.