The House of Rajani - Couverture souple

Hilu, Alon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846552990 ISBN 13 : 9781846552991

Editeur : Harvill Secker, 2010

Synopsis

The year is 1895, Jaffa. Salah Rajani, a troubled Muslim boy living in a dilapidated mansion surrounded by orange groves, suffers from peculiar visions about a disaster which is set to befall his people. His life is changed by the arrival of a handsome young man, a dynamic Jewish settler, new to the city, by the name of Isaac Luminsky. Luminsky covets both the fertile lands of the Rajani estate and Salah's beautiful mother Afifa, and his friendship with the boy is destined to lead to violence and tragedy.

This rich and colourful novel is made up of the two opposing journals of Hilu's intriguing and extraordinary protagonists as they negotiate love, honour and betrayal in the changing world of nineteenth-century Palestine.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alon Hilu is an Israeli writer and playwright, born in 1972. His first book, Death of a Monk, is a historical novel which tells the story of the blood libel against the Damascus Jews that took place in 1840. It won the Israeli Presidential prize for a debut novel in 2006 and the Israeli Prime Minister prize in 2008. Alon Hilu lives with his family in Tel Aviv.

www.alonhilu.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvill Secker
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846552990
• ISBN 13: 9781846552991
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible