Her First Palestinian
And Other Stories
[Toronto] : Astoria, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: 239 pages ; 18 cm
"Saeed Teebi's intense, engrossing stories plunge into the lives of characters grappling with their experiences as Palestinian immigrants to Canada. A doctor teaches his girlfriend about his country, only for her to fall into a consuming obsession with the Middle East conflict. A math professor risks his family's destruction by slandering the king of a despotic, oil-rich country. A university student invents an imaginary girlfriend to fit in with his callous, womanizing roommates. A lawyer takes on the impossible mission of becoming a body smuggler. A lonely widower travels to Russia in search of a movie starlet he met in his youth in historical Jaffa. A refugee who escaped violent circumstances rebels against the kindness of his sponsor. These taut and compelling stories engage the immigrant experience and reflect the Palestinian diaspora with grace and insight."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Her first Palestinian -- Do not write about the king -- Cynthia -- The body -- Ushanka -- At the benefit -- Woodland -- The reflected sky -- Enjoy your life, Capo.
Subjects:
Immigrants -- Palestine -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Canada -- Fiction.
Palestinian Arabs -- Canada -- Fiction.
Short stories.
Immigrants -- Palestine -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Canada -- Fiction.
Palestinian Arabs -- Canada -- Fiction.
Short stories.
ISBN:
9781487010874
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Teebi | Southeast | Fiction | In |
Issued also in electronic format.