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Anton Shammas

Autore di Arabesques

4+ opere 220 membri 2 recensioni

Sull'Autore

Shammas is a Christian Arab citizen of Israel who writes novels, poetry, and nonfiction works in Hebrew. He draws heavily upon his heritage and the cultural distinctions among Arabs and Israelis in his work. His narrative style, with its epic scope and multiple levels of plot and theme, has been mostra altro compared to that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Opere di Anton Shammas

Opere correlate

Granta 23: Home (1988) — Collaboratore — 138 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Sjammas, Anton
Altri nomi
أنطون شماس
אנטון שמאס
Data di nascita
1950
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Israelic (Palestine)
Luogo di nascita
Fassuta, Israel
Luogo di residenza
Haifa, Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Attività lavorative
writer
Premi e riconoscimenti
Whiting Writers' Award (1991)

Utenti

Recensioni

Finished Arabesques which was really wonderful though I couldn't decide whether or not to take careful notes, make a chronology and a few family trees...moreFinished Arabesques which was really wonderful though I couldn't decide whether or not to take careful notes, make a chronology and a few family trees or to give myself over to the highly circular and poetic narrative that doubled back and repeated itself with much twinning of characters and plot. I did a little of both Fantastic book and an excellent choice for the J Street Reading Group… (altro)
 
Segnalato
laurenbufferd | 1 altra recensione | Nov 14, 2016 |
not perfecrt structure, but excellent imagery
 
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experimentalis | 1 altra recensione | Mar 19, 2008 |

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Statistiche

Opere
4
Opere correlate
1
Utenti
220
Popolarità
#101,715
Voto
3.8
Recensioni
2
ISBN
13
Lingue
4

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