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092    |fF|aAMIRY 
100 1  Amiry, Suad,|eauthor. 
240 10 Mother of strangers.|lItalian 
245 10 Mother of strangers /|cSuad Amiry. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c2022. 
300    ix, 279 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Set in Jaffa in 1947-51, this fable-like novel is a 
       heartbreaking tale of young love during the beginning of 
       the destruction of Palestine and displacement of its 
       people. At times darkly humorous and ironic but also 
       profoundly moving, this novel based on a true story 
       follows the lives of a 15 year old engineer, Subhi, and 
       the 13 year old girl, Shams, he hopes one day to marry. It
       brings Jaffa vividly to life as a beautiful city by the 
       sea where Jews, Palestinians and Christians lived 
       peacefully just before it was destroyed by the November 29,
       1947 UN General Assembly Resolution 181 that would 
       partition Palestine into two states and the end of the 
       British Mandate on May 14, 1948. The first part of the 
       story conveys the prosperous life of this cosmopolitan 
       city on the Mediterranean-with its old cinemas, lively 
       cafes and brothels, open air markets, a bustling port and 
       orange groves on the hills behind-through the lives of the
       families of Subhi and Shams, but particularly through 
       Subhi, a gifted engineer. As the novel evolves, the 
       bombing and displacements of families begin, and we get a 
       fascinating though dark close-up of how those who were 
       left survived which we see more through Shams and her 
       sisters. This novel is a cinematic, though devastating 
       account of an important moment in history of the Middle 
       East and portrait of city irrevocably changed"--|cProvided
       by publisher. 
651  0 Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel)|vFiction. 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
730 0  Storia di un abito inglese e di una mucca ebrea.|lEnglish.