Death of a monk
Hilu, Alon2007
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It is 1840s Damascus, and Aslan Farhi's quiet, sheltered life is turned upside down when his brutish father, a wealthy businessman, decides he should wed. Aslan finds the wedding a painful ordeal, lightened only by the presence of the exotic dancer, Umm-Jihan, by whom he becomes entranced.
Main title:
Death of a monk / Alon Hilu ; translated by Evan Fallenberg.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2007.
Collation:
307 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2006.Translated from the Hebrew.
ISBN:
9780099490647 (pbk)0099490641 (pbk)
Dewey class:
892.4'37
Language:
EnglishHebrew
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BRN:
9809
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