Retired Gentleman, and other stories, A

Issa J Boullata's characters are mainly emigrants to Canada and the USA from Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. George, Kamal, Mayy, Abdullah, Nadia, William, all have to begin their lives again, learn how to deal with their memories, with pasts that cannot be relived, with exile and loss. How do you settle into a new life? What happens to all your old relations? How do you go about making new ones? Can you find happiness? Can you fall in love again? This book includes a collection of tales that looks resolutely and quietly at life's hopes, dreams and loves. It also has an essay on his Literary Influences entitled "Books and I".

Author: 
Boullata, Issa J.
Title: 
A Retired Gentleman, and other stories
Publisher: 
Banipal Books
Place of Publication: 
Palestine
Date: 
2007
Subject Area: 
Fiction
Original Language: 
English
Translator: 
n/a
ISBN: 
978-0-9549666-6-9
Description: 

Issa J Boullata's characters are mainly emigrants to Canada and the USA from Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. George, Kamal, Mayy, Abdullah, Nadia, William, all have to begin their lives again, learn how to deal with their memories, with pasts that cannot be relived, with exile and loss. How do you settle into a new life? What happens to all your old relations? How do you go about making new ones? Can you find happiness? Can you fall in love again? This book includes a collection of tales that looks resolutely and quietly at life's hopes, dreams and loves. It also has an essay on his Literary Influences entitled "Books and I".