{"product_id":"9781784705701","title":"The Parisian","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hammad, Isabella, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/02\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 576 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical romance, Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784705701\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMidhat Kamal - dreamer, romantic, aesthete - leaves Palestine in 1914 to study medicine in France, under the tutelage of Dr Molineu. He falls deeply in love with Jeannette, the doctor's daughter. But Midhat soon discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss, friends become enemies and everyone is looking for a place to belong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough Midhat's eyes we see the tangled politics and personal tragedies of a turbulent era - the Palestinian struggle for independence, the strife of the early twentieth century, and the looming shadow of the Second World War. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLush and immersive, and devastating in its power, The Parisian is an elegant, richly-imagined debut from a dazzling new voice in fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK AWARD 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD FICTION AWARD 2019.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022865268889,"sku":"9781784705701","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781784705701_7cffbceb-39c2-4243-972e-4c02e0bab553.jpg?v=1601404652","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781784705701","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}