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by Elias Khoury (Author), Humphrey Davies (Translator)
2024 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Award Finalist
An acclaimed Lebanese writer speaks to the complexity of the Palestinian experience in a devastating account of resilience and loss Weaving personal and cultural memory into a tale that humanizes the complex Palestinian experience, Star of the Sea traces the contours of the unspeakable. Adam Dannoun's story is one of beginnings. Born in a war-torn Israel, Adam dreams of becoming a writer. He is just an infant when Jewish forces uproot and massacre thousands of Palestinians in the 1948 Nakba, including his own father. Adam's mother, crumbling with loss, takes her son to Haifa and remarries. Soon she feels stifled by her new husband. Adam flees this lifeless home and writes himself a second beginning. With nothing but his father's will and the image of his mother at the doorway, Adam is born again into the streets of Haifa. Here he spins a new life alongside an auto-shop owner, Gabriel. Adam Dannoun shapeshifts into Adam Danon, an Israeli born into the Warsaw ghetto, and Gabriel's younger brother. There are limits to this charade, lines he's forbidden to cross--and when he falls in love with Gabriel's only daughter he steps, unawares, into a third life. Life after life, Adam confronts the horrors of his past. Following My Name Is Adam, Star of the Sea is the second installment of a brilliant trilogy--an epic tale of love, survival, and ongoing devastation.Author Biography
Elias Khoury (1948-2024) was a novelist, journalist, playwright, and lifelong activist for social justice. His novel Gate of the Sun, called 'a genuine masterwork' by the New York Times, was named Best Book of the Year by Le Monde Diplomatique, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Christian Science Monitor. Also available through Archipelago: Yalo, As Though She Were Sleeping (winner of France's Arabic Novel Prize), Broken Mirrors, and White Masks.
Humphrey Davies was a translator of Arabic fiction, historical and classical texts. Born in England, he was based in Cairo from the 1990's to 2021. His translations include Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq's Leg Over Leg, Alaa Al-Aswany's The Yacoubian Building, Bahaa Taher's Sunset Oasis, and Naguib Mafouz's Middaq Alley. He received the Banipal Prize twice.
Number of Pages: 417
Dimensions: 1.2 x 7.5 x 6 IN
Publication Date: November 12, 2024
