Description |
1 online resource (vii, 275 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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"This book is the winner of the 2014 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction"--Title page verso. |
Summary |
"Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection, and, ultimately, the deepest and richest meaning of home. A Curious Land gives voice to the experiences of Palestinians in the last century."-- Amazon.com. |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; The Journey Home; Abu Sufayan; The Well; Rocky Soil; Intifada Love Story; The Fall; Behind the Pillars of the Orthodox Church; Village Gossip: The View from the Qahwah; Christmas in Palestine; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back Cover. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
West Bank -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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West Bank. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Villages -- Palestine -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Villages. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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Fiction.
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Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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Other Form: |
Print version: Darraj, Susan Muaddi. Short stories. Selections. Curious land. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2015] 9781625341877 (DLC) 2015024889 (OCoLC)910596033 |
ISBN |
9781613764381 (electronic book) |
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1613764383 (electronic book) |
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9781625341877 |
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1625341873 |
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