The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / Sandy Tolan.
The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / Sandy Tolan.
The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / Sandy Tolan.
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N956.9405/71
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 362 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
First words -- Author's note -- A note on spelling and pronunciation -- Bell -- House -- Rescue -- Expulsion -- Emigration -- Refuge -- Arrival -- War -- Encounter -- Explosion -- Deportation -- Hope -- Homeland -- The lemon tree -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Source notes -- Index....
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Publisher
New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"This poignant encounter is the starting point for a true story of two families, one Arab, one Jewish, amid the fraught modern history of the region. In Bashir's childhood home, in the lemon tree his father planted in the backyard, he sees dispossession and occupation; Dalia, who arrived as an infant in 1948 with her family from Bulgaria, sees hope...
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The lemon tree : an Arab, a Jew, and the heart of the Middle East / Sandy Tolan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index.
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N956.9405/71
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74VKOGZGVDm3
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ISBN
9781582343433
1582343438 (hardcover)
DDC
956.94050922 B
MMS ID
991022553659702626
