{"product_id":"the-children-of-the-ghetto-i-my-name-is-adam-9781939810137","title":"The Children of the Ghetto: I: My Name Is Adam","description":"\u003cb\u003eLit 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong exiled in New York, Palestinian ex-pat Adam Dannoun thought he knew himself. But an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure from his childhood, changes everything. It is when Adam encounters his former teacher that Adam discovers the story he must tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMa'moun's testimony brings Adam back to the first years of his life in the ghetto of Lydia, in Palestine, where his family endured thirst, hunger, and terror in the aftermath of unspeakable horror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unmatched literary craft and empathy, Khoury peels away layers of lost stories and repressed memories to unveil Adam's story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOscillating between two narrators--the self-reflexive \"Elias Khoury\" and Adam himself--\u003ci\u003eChildren of the Ghetto: My Name is Adam\u003c\/i\u003e engages real (and invented) scholarly texts, Khoury's own work, and Adam's lost notebooks in an intertextual account of a life shadowed by atrocity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElias Khoury \u003c\/b\u003e(1948-2024) was a novelist, journalist, playwright, and lifelong activist for social justice. His novel \u003ci\u003eGate of the Sun, \u003c\/i\u003ecalled 'a genuine masterwork' by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ewas named Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eLe Monde Diplomatique, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e. Also available through Archipelago: \u003ci\u003eYalo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs Though She Were Sleeping \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of France's Arabic Novel Prize), \u003ci\u003e Broken Mirrors, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e White Masks.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHumphrey Davies \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of Arabic fiction, historical, and classical texts. His translations include Elias Khoury's \u003ci\u003eYalo, \u003c\/i\u003e Naguid Mahfouz's \u003ci\u003eThebes at War \u003c\/i\u003eand Midaqq Alley, Alla Al-Aswany's \u003ci\u003eThe Yacoubian Building \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFriendly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Hamdy el-Gazzar's \u003ci\u003eBlack Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, Mohamed Mustagab's \u003ci\u003eTales of Dayrut\u003c\/i\u003e, and the four-volume 19th century Arabic experimental novel, \u003ci\u003e Leg over Leg\u003c\/i\u003e, by Faris Al-Shidyaq. A two-time winner of the Banipal Prize, he is also the recipient of the English PEN Writers In Translation Award. Davies lives in Cairo.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894517797138,"sku":"9781939810137","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eebe1316-2229-4c09-9d45-792bc9bd227b.jpg?v=1738251946","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-children-of-the-ghetto-i-my-name-is-adam-9781939810137","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}