ألماس ونساء

Almaz, a Damascene Christian, marries a Lebanese count living in Paris, and love takes her to São Paulo, where she makes a life among Arab emigrants. Her son Carlos, raised in Damascus beside his Kurdish friend Botan, later follows her road, and her blue diamond, to Brazil. Across two generations the novel portrays Syrian emigrant high society in Damascus, Paris and São Paulo.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

239 pages in the original

Genres

Migration, Family, Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Syria, France, Brazil, early 20th century–1980s

First published

2014 by Dar al-Adab

Author's age

39 when first published

ISBN

9789953894607 (original)

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