Name: Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (en Inglés)
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Author: Jordan Salama
ISBN: 9781646221653

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Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Autor

Jordan Salama

Editorial

Catapult

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

240

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781646221653

Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (en Inglés)"

Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in South America One Thanksgiving afternoon at his grandparents' house, Jordan Salama discovers a large binder stuffed with yellowing papers and old photographs--a five-hundred-year wandering history of his Arab-Jewish family, from Moorish Spain to Ottoman Syria to Argentina and beyond. One story in particular captures his attention: that of his great-grandfather, a Syrian-born, Arabic-speaking Jewish immigrant to Argentina who in the 1920s worked as a traveling salesman in the Andes--and may have left behind forgotten descendants along the way. Encouraged by his grandfather, Jordan goes in search of these "Lost Salamas," traveling more than a thousand miles up the spine of South America's greatest mountain range. Combining travelog, history, memoir, and reportage, Stranger in the Desert transports readers from the lonely plains of Patagonia to the breathtaking altiplano of the high Andes; from the old Jewish quarter of Damascus to today's vibrant neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is also a fervent journey of self-discovery as Salama grapples with his own Jewish, Arab, and Latin American identities, interrogating the stories families tell themselves, and to what end.

Jordan Salama

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Jordan Salama es un escritor que cubre temas de cultura y medio ambiente en las Américas. Sus ensayos e historias han aparecido en National Geographic, New York Magazine, The New York Times y otras publicaciones. Escritor estadounidense de ascendencia judía argentina, siria e iraquí, es autor de Every Day the River Changes, reconocido como el mejor libro de Kirkus Reviews de 2021 y "Pre-Read" de Princeton de 2022, y Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (2024). Se graduó de la Universidad de Princeton en 2019.

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