{"product_id":"my-name-is-adam-children-of-the-ghetto-volume-i-by-elias-khoury-author-humphrey-davies-translator","title":"My Name is Adam: Children of the Ghetto Volume I – By: Elias Khoury (Author), Humphrey Davies (Translator)","description":"\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMacLehose Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 Oct. 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e448 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780857057518\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.8 x 3.4 x 21 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKhoury is one of the greatest writers of our times and perhaps the greatest Arabic-language writer of this generation, definite \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNobel Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e material\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvraham Burg, Haaretz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho is Adam Dannoun?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil a few months before his death in a fire in his New York apartment - a consequence of smoking in bed - he thought he knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure from his childhood, changed all that. From Mahmoud he learned the terrible truth behind his birth, a truth withheld from him for fifty-seven years by the woman he thought was his mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis discovery leads Adam to investigate what exactly happened in 1948 in Palestine in the city of Lydda where he was born: the massacre, the forced march into the wilderness and the corralling of those citizens who did not flee into what the Israeli soldiers and their Palestinian captives came to refer to as the Ghetto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories he collects speak of bravery, ingenuity and resolve in the face of unimaginable hardship. Saved from the flames that claimed him, they are his lasting and crucial testament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fergiani Bookshop \/ مكتبة الفرجاني","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52027222294859,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1788\/7307\/files\/Screenshot2025-06-09105311.png?v=1749462803","url":"https:\/\/fergianibooks.com\/products\/my-name-is-adam-children-of-the-ghetto-volume-i-by-elias-khoury-author-humphrey-davies-translator","provider":"Fergiani Bookshop \/ مكتبة الفرجاني","version":"1.0","type":"link"}