Trees For The Absentees (Paperback, Digital original)

Young love, meddling relatives, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined - Philistia's world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in indefinite detention, nothing is straightforward. Philistia is closest to her childhood, and to her late grandmother and her imprisoned father, when she's at her part-time job washing women's bodies at the ancient Ottoman hammam in Nablus, the West Bank. A midwife and corpse washer in her time, Grandma Zahia taught Philistia the ritual ablutions and the secrets of the body: the secrets of life and death. On the brink of adulthood, Philistia embarks on a journey through her country's history - a magical journey, and one of loss and centuries of occupation. As trees are uprooted around her, Philistia searches for a place of refuge, a place where she can plant a memory for the ones she's lost.

General

Imprint:	Neem Tree Press Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Ahlam Bsharat
Translators:	Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp • Sue Copeland
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	96
Edition:	Digital original
ISBN-13:	978-1-911107-23-1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Arabic
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-911107-23-2
Barcode:	9781911107231

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