The home that was our country : a memoir of Syria
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Published
New York, NY : Nation Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2018.
ISBN
9781568588445, 1568588445
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St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction
956.910423 MAL
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956.910423 MAL
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Published
New York, NY : Nation Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xx, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781568588445, 1568588445
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338).
Description
In The Home that Was My Country, Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek chronicles her return to her family home in Damascus and the history of the Jabban apartment building. Here, generations of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Armenians lived, worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters. In telling the story of her family over the course of the last century, Alia brings to light the triumphs and failures that have led Syria to where it is today. Her book bristles with insights, as Alia weaves acute political analysis into intimate scenes, interlacing the personal and the political with subtlety and grace. After being in and out of Syria growing up, Alia came back to Syria as a journalist at the time of the Arab Spring, striving to understand it as the country was beginning to disintegrate. As days go on, Alia learns how to speak the language that exists in a dictatorship, while privately confronting her own fears about her country's future, and learns how to carry on with everyday life. This intimate portrait of contemporary Syria will shed more light on its history, society, and politics than all of today's war reporting accounts written from the Syrian front. It makes for an eye-opening, highly moving, and beautiful read, and finds the humanity behind the disastrous daily headlines.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Malek, A. (2018). The home that was our country: a memoir of Syria (First trade paperback edition.). Nation Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Malek, Alia, 1974-. 2018. The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria. Nation Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Malek, Alia, 1974-. The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria Nation Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Malek, Alia. The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria First trade paperback edition., Nation Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2018.
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