My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar.
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar.
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N305.8924/96
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
My Father's Paradise is Ariel Sabar's quest to reconcile present and past. As Ariel's father, Yona, travels with him to today's postwar Iraq to find what's left of Yona's birthplace, Ariel brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family's story and discovering his own role in this sweeping saga. What he finds in the Sephardic Jews' mil...
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My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-332).
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N305.8924/96
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1565124901
9781565124905
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305.892405672092 B
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991002118109702626
