{"product_id":"the-parisian-9780802148803","title":"The Parisian","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE SUE KAUFMAN PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF A PALESTINE BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superb . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e makes history, and its actors, live once again.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMidhat Kamal is the son of a wealthy textile merchant from Nablus, a town in Ottoman Palestine. A dreamer, a romantic, an aesthete, in 1914 he leaves to study medicine in France, and falls in love. When Midhat returns to Nablus to find it under British rule, and the entire region erupting with nationalist fervor, he must find a way to cope with his conflicting loyalties and the expectations of his community. The story of Midhat's life develops alongside the idea of a nation, as he and those close to him confront what it means to strive for independence in a world that seems on the verge of falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst a landscape of political change that continues to define the Middle East, \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e explores questions of power and identity, enduring love, and the uncanny ability of the past to disrupt the present. Lush and immersive, and devastating in its power, \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant, richly-imagined debut from a dazzling new voice in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabella Hammad \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in London. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eConjunctions, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She was awarded the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and a 2019 O. Henry Prize. Her first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) won a Palestine Book Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in the UK. She was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree, and has received literary fellowships from MacDowell and the Lannan Foundation. She is currently a fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597139218706,"sku":"9780802148803","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae3c8ec1-e680-4a04-9999-7f5837e3f766.jpg?v=1732173263","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-parisian-9780802148803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}