| Time of White Horses Contributor(s): Nasrallah, Ibrahim (Author), Roberts, Nancy (Translator) |
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ISBN: 9774167570 ISBN-13: 9789774167577 Publisher: Hoopoe OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Hoopoe Fiction Aucp |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.1" W x 8" (1.30 lbs) 664 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Spanning the collapse of Ottoman rule and the British Mandate in Palestine, this is the story of three generations of a defiant family from the Palestinian village of Hadiya before 1948. Through the lives of Mahmud, elder of Hadiya, his son Khaled, and Khaled's grandson Naji, we enter the life of a tribe whose fate is decided by one colonizer after another. Khaled's remarkable white mare, Hamama, and her descendants feel and share the family's struggles and as a siege grips Hadiya, it falls to Khaled to save his people from a descending tyranny. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nasrallah, Ibrahim: - Ibrahim Nasrallah is considered one of the most influential voices of his generation. Raised in a refugee camp to Palestinian parents, he became a journalist before turning to creative writing. His work includes fourteen novels. He lives in Amman, Jordan.Roberts, Nancy: - An award-winning translator of Naguib Mahfouz, Ghada Samman, and Mohamed El-Bisatie, Nancy Roberts lives in Amman, Jordan. |