Ahlam Bsharat

Broschiertes Buch

Trees for the Absentees

Beschreibung

Young love, meddling aunts, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined, Philistia's world is that of an ordinary student. Except in Palestine, and with your father in jail, nothing is ordinary.

Autor

Ahlam Bsharat is a Palestinian writer who grew up in a village in Northern Palestine. She completed her Master's in Arabic Literature at An-Najah National University in Nablus. Besides poetry, picture books, short stories, novels, and memoirs, she has written a number of television and radio scripts. Her books have received many awards and recommendations. Ismee Alharakee Farasha (translated into the English as Code Name: Butterfly) was included in the IBBY Honor List for 2012, a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books from more than seventy countries. Ismee Alharakee Farasha and Ashjaar lil-Naas al-Ghaa'ibeen, (translated into the English as Trees for the Absentees), were both runners up for the Etisalat Award For Arabic Children's Literature in 2013. Code Name: Butterfly was also shortlisted for the UK based Palestine Book Awards in 2017. Ahlam has been active in numerous cultural forums, and her craft has taken her to Belgium, France and Spain, where she was artist in residence. She also leads creative writing workshops for children and adults, including at the Emirates Literature Festival in Dubai.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boundless Publishing Group Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 108mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 86g
• ISBN-13: 9781911107231
• ISBN-10: 1911107232
• Artikelnr.: 57381512