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OverviewYoung love, meddling relatives, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined - Philistia's world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in indefinite detention, nothing is straightforward. Philistia is closest to her childhood, and to her late grandmother and her imprisoned father, when she's at her part-time job washing women's bodies at the ancient Ottoman hammam in Nablus, the West Bank. A midwife and corpse washer in her time, Grandma Zahia taught Philistia the ritual ablutions and the secrets of the body: the secrets of life and death. On the brink of adulthood, Philistia embarks on a journey through her country's history - a magical journey, and one of loss and centuries of occupation. As trees are uprooted around her, Philistia searches for a place of refuge, a place where she can plant a memory for the ones she's lost. AUTHOR: Ahlam Bsharat grew up in Tammun in Palestine and now lives in Ramallah. Following a Master's Degree in Arabic, she worked as a teacher for several years. An award-winning author of poetry, picture books, short stories, novels, memoirs, and TV and radio scripts, she also works for the Ministry of Culture in Ramallah. Her literary craft has taken her to Belgium and France, where she was artist in residence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ahlam Bsharat , Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp , Sue CopelandPublisher: Neem Tree Press Limited Imprint: Neem Tree Press Limited Edition: Digital original Dimensions: Width: 11.10cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.100kg ISBN: 9781911107231ISBN 10: 1911107232 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 12 September 2019 Audience: General/trade , Young adult , General , Teenage / Young adult Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of Contents1. The light 2. The cat’s got my tongue 3. The real world and the imaginary world 4. Bayrakdar 5. The picture frame 6. Where else can a tree grow? 7. A long dreamReviewsA most ordinary, magical, devastating story: What Trees for the Absentees shares with works by authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jorge Louis Borges is that it finds a way within fiction to beautifully express what the `real' somehow cannot. Dr Nora Park; Life in a West Bank village from the point of view of a teenage girl, Philistia. Her multi-layered stories of daily life give an elegant insight into life under the current occupation and some of the historical context. Mike Scott-Baumann Author InformationAhlam Bsharat grew up in Tammun in Palestine and now lives in Ramallah. Following a master's degree in Arabic, she worked as a teacher for several years. An award-winning author of poetry, picture books, short stories, novels, memoirs, and TV and radio scripts, she also works for the Ministry of Culture in Ramallah. Her literary craft has taken her to Belgium and France, where she was artist in residence. Her book, Code Name: Butterfly, was shortlisted for the 2017 Palestine Book Award. Ruth Ahmedzai-Kemp is a British literary translator working from German, Russian and Arabic into English. She graduated from Oxford University and completed an MA in Translation and Interpreting at Bath University. She most of all loves translating fiction, nonfiction (particularly history, travel and nature) and children's books. Sue Copeland is a British translator working from Arabic, French, Italian and Spanish into English. Since graduating from the University of Exeter in 1977, she has spent most of her career working for the UK government as a multi-lingual translator and researcher. For the past two years has been a freelance translator. She enjoys translating fiction and non-fiction, particularly that associated with human rights and refugees. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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