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Shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2016 A finalist for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2015 It’s April 1948, and war hangs over Jaffa. One minute seven-year-old Salim is dreaming of taking his first harvest from the family’s orange tree; the next he is swept away into a life of exile and rage. Seeking a new beginning in swinging-’60s London, Salim falls in love with Jude. The only problem? Jude is Jewish. A captivating story about love and loss, Ishmael’s Oranges follows the story of two families spanning the crossroad events of modern times, and of the legacy of hatred their children inherit.
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Ishmael's Oranges, Claire Hajaj
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- Released
- 2016
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- Book condition
- Good
- Price
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- Title
- Ishmael's Oranges
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Claire Hajaj
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 1780746091
- ISBN13
- 9781780746098
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Religious Topics, Love, Family, Military Fiction, Wars, England, Culture and Society, Jews, Escape, Israel, Hatred, Palestine, Banishment, Arabs, Palestinians
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2016 A finalist for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2015 It’s April 1948, and war hangs over Jaffa. One minute seven-year-old Salim is dreaming of taking his first harvest from the family’s orange tree; the next he is swept away into a life of exile and rage. Seeking a new beginning in swinging-’60s London, Salim falls in love with Jude. The only problem? Jude is Jewish. A captivating story about love and loss, Ishmael’s Oranges follows the story of two families spanning the crossroad events of modern times, and of the legacy of hatred their children inherit.