{"product_id":"origins-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Origins: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmin Maalouf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Temerson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrigins\u003c\/i\u003e, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning intergenerational saga. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth, in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba, \u003ci\u003eOrigins \u003c\/i\u003erecounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf's paternal grandfather, Boutros. Why did Boutros, a poet and educator in Lebanon, travel across the globe to rescue his younger brother, Gebrayel, who had settled in Havana? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaalouf is an energetic and amiable narrator, illuminating the more obscure corners of late Ottoman nationalism, the psychology of Lebanese sectarianism, and the dynamics of family quarrels. He moves with great agility across time and space, and across genres of writing. But he never loses track of his story's central thread: his quest to lift the shadow of legend from his family's past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrigins\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a gripping family chronicle and a timely consideration of Lebanese culture and politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaalouf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas a journalist in Lebanon until the civil war in 1975, when he left for Paris with his family. His work, including\u003ci\u003e The Crusades Through Arab Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eSamarkand\u003c\/i\u003e, has been translated into more than forty languages. He has won the Prix Goncourt for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Rock of Tanios\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724134879295,"sku":"9780374531768","price":34.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/194f1fb2c1d327a9f0224d58de7343f9.webp?v=1765101612","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/origins-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}