- International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2010 · Shortlist
أمريكا
Amrika
Rabee Jaber (ربيع جابر, born 1972)
English editions
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In the first years of the twentieth century, poverty and a taste for adventure push many people from Greater Syria to try their luck in the young United States, where they cross plains and mountains as pedlars, settle in and even fight in its wars. Marta is one of them: she travels alone to New York to find her husband after news of him stops.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 431 pages in the original
- Genres
- Migration, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States, early 20th century
- First published
- 2009 by Al-Markaz al-Thaqafi al-Arabi
- Author's age
- 37 when first published
- ISBN
9789953683973 (original)
- More
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