# The Parisian

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- Book: [The Parisian](https://www.bookquiver.com/isabella-hammad/the-parisian) ([The Parisian.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/isabella-hammad/the-parisian.md))
- Authors: [Isabella Hammad](https://www.bookquiver.com/isabella-hammad)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 20 h 18 min
- Narrated by: Fiona Button
- ISBN: 978-14-7356-966-9
- Published: 2019-04-18
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 20 h 18 min

## Description

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Parisian written by Isabella Hammad, read by Fiona Button. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2020* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD FICTION AWARD 2019* As the First World War shatters families, destroys friendships and kills lovers, a young Palestinian dreamer sets out to find himself. Midhat Kamal picks his way across a fractured world, from the shifting politics of the Middle East to the dinner tables of Montpellier and a newly tumultuous Paris. He discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong. Isabella Hammad delicately unpicks the tangled politics and personal tragedies of a turbulent era – the Palestinian struggle for independence, the strife of the early twentieth century and the looming shadow of the Second World War. An intensely human story amidst a global conflict, The Parisian is historical fiction with a remarkable contemporary voice. The Parisian is a sublime reading experience: delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly beautiful. Isabella Hammad is an enormous talent and her book is a wonder. -- Zadie Smith