A TREATY OF LOVE (SIGNED)

EL-YOUSSEF, Samir

ISBN 10: 1905559097 / ISBN 13: 9781905559091

Published by Halban Publishers, London, 2008

About this Item

8vo. pp [vi], 214. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's black boards lettered in gilt at spine. Inscribed by the author at the title page to Clive Sinclair, British Jewish author; "To Clive, with best wishes, Samir, London 8.10.08". ISBN: 9781905559091 Very good in very good dust jacket with light shelfwear at edge. Seller Inventory # C60988

Bibliographic Details

Title: A TREATY OF LOVE (SIGNED)

Publisher: Halban Publishers, London

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

In London a couple meet at a party. She is Israeli and he Palestinian. Both are here to escape the politics of their countries and both want to be alone. Despite that, their relationship develops and inevitably they have to confront the politics that, in principle, separates them. Can their relationship survive? A clever, well-paced novel.

About the Author:

Samir El-Youssef is Palestinian and was born in Rashidia, a refugee camp in Lebanon. His essays and reviews have appeared in Guardian, New Statesman, Washington Post, Jewish Quarterly as well as the Arabic Al-Hayat. He has been living in North London since 1990. In 2005 he won the Tucholsky Award for promoting the cause of peace and freedom of speech in the Middle East. The Illusion of Return is his first novel in English.