Origins

A Memoir

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Origins by Amin Maalouf, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Amin Maalouf ISBN: 9781429953634
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: May 13, 2008
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Amin Maalouf
ISBN: 9781429953634
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: May 13, 2008
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

Origins, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning, intergenerational saga. Set during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth—in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba—Origins recounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf's paternal grandfather, Boutros Maalouf.

Maalouf sets out to discover the truth about why Boutros, a poet and educator in Lebanon, traveled across the globe to rescue his younger brother, Gabrayel, who had settled in Havana. What follows is the gripping excavation of a family's hidden past. Maalouf 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.

Origins is at once a gripping family chronicle and a timely consideration of Lebanese culture and politics.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Origins, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning, intergenerational saga. Set during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth—in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba—Origins recounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf's paternal grandfather, Boutros Maalouf.

Maalouf sets out to discover the truth about why Boutros, a poet and educator in Lebanon, traveled across the globe to rescue his younger brother, Gabrayel, who had settled in Havana. What follows is the gripping excavation of a family's hidden past. Maalouf 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.

Origins is at once a gripping family chronicle and a timely consideration of Lebanese culture and politics.

More books from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Cover of the book A Village Life by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book The Antelope's Strategy by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book The Old Meadow by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book The Cubs and Other Stories by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book A Unicorn Named Sparkle by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book Silent Lotus by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book Sallies, Romps, Portraits, and Send-Offs by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book This Is My Home, This Is My School by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book Freak by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book Turn the Beat Around by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book The Stone Fields by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book The Love-Artist by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book The Solitaire Mystery by Amin Maalouf
Cover of the book Lives and Letters by Amin Maalouf
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy