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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 1999-06-15
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780805061857
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805061851
ISBN-13
9780805061857
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1043527
Product Key Features
Book Title
One Facing Us
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1999
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Ronit Matalon's story draws you in like a child's fairy tale turned on its head, or a hazy but mesmerizing dream." -- Los Angeles Times "With brash inventiveness, a swift-running lyricism, and fidelity to life, The One Facing Us renews the drama and importance of the novel of roots." -- The Boston Globe "A haunting first novel." -- The New York Times Book Review, "Ronit Matalon's story draws you in like a child's fairy tale turned on its head, or a hazy but mesmerizing dream." --Los Angeles Times "With brash inventiveness, a swift-running lyricism, and fidelity to life, The One Facing Us renews the drama and importance of the novel of roots." --The Boston Globe "A haunting first novel." --The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal
892.4/36
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Esther, seventeen years old, wild and rebellious, is sent from Israel to Cameroon to stay with her hardheaded uncle Sicourelle, who is charged with straightening her out. But Esther resists her uncle's plans for her future - which include marriage to a cousin - and in the privileged indolence of postcolonial Africa, she looks to the past instead. Using sepia portraits and scraps of letters, Esther pieces together the history of her family, a once-grand Egyptian-Jewish clan, and its displacement from Cairo in the 1950s to Israel, West Africa, and New York.As the worn photographs yield their secrets, Esther uncovers a rich tale of wives and ex-wives; revolving mistresses and crushing marriages; intrigues and disappointments; poignant contrasts between the living past and the dead present. In sensuous, inventive prose, Matalon penetrates the mysteries of cultural exile and family life to produce a first novel that is mature, authentic, and deeply moving.
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