My Father's Paradise
A Son's Search for His Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
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My Father's Paradise is Ariel Sabar's quest to reconcile present and past. As Ariel's father, Yona, travels with him to today's postwar Iraq to find what's left of Yona's birthplace, Ariel brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family's story and discovering his own role in this sweeping
… More »My Father's Paradise is Ariel Sabar's quest to reconcile present and past. As Ariel's father, Yona, travels with him to today's postwar Iraq to find what's left of Yona's birthplace, Ariel brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family's story and discovering his own role in this sweeping saga. What he finds in the Sephardic Jews' millennia-long survival in Islamic lands is an improbable story of tolerance and hope.
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Imprint:
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages:
332
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781565124905, 1565124901
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-332)
A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography
A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography
Statement of responsibility:
Ariel Sabar
Characteristics:
viii, 332 p. :,ill., map ;,24 cm.
Author (Original Script):
Sabar, Ariel
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Add a CommentI don't often pick up nonfiction, but this was fairly interesting.