My Father's Paradise - A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq

National Book Critics Circle 2008, dans la catégorie Prix de l'Autobiographie

Ariel Sabar

326 pages, parution le 01/09/2008

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Yona Sabar, a professor at UCLA, is an eminent scholar of Neo-Aramaic, the heroic rescuer of a language near extinction, and the sort of mensch who prompts rapturous reviews and fierce admiration from his students. But to his son Ariel, growing up among the privileged offspring of Los Angeles's moneyed set, Yona -- a Kurdish Jew born in Zakho, Iraq, who emigrated to Israel and, ultimately, the United States -- was a source of shame and an object of ridicule, an immigrant with funny hair, a funny accent, and funny habits. In a flashy world of fast cars, rock 'n' roll, and Hollywood glitz, Yona drove a dented Chevette, cut his own hair, wore ugly discount clothing, and further mortified his son by, say, bringing his own travel shampoo bottle of Manischewitz Cream White Concord into restaurants because paying $3 for a glass of wine off the menu was "out of the question."

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Ce livre a reçu le National Book Critics Circle 2008, dans la catégorie Prix de l'Autobiographie.

Sommaire

Introduction
Zakho
What's in a Name
An Island in a River
A Book with Shining Pages
Rotten Corn
A Surprise
The Dyer's Son 2
Little Thumb Girl
A Woman's Purpose
A Prayer to the Prophet
No Wasted Steps
...
Selected Bibliography

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Éditeur(s)	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Auteur(s)	Ariel Sabar
Parution	01/09/2008
Nb. de pages	326
Format	6 x 9,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1350g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781565124905
ISBN13	978-1-56512-490-5