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Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir

by Hussein Barghouthi, Ibrahim Muhawi
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Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir
Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir

Poetic memoir intertwining nature, life, and Palestinian identity.

"Among the Almond Trees" is a profound journey through Hussein Barghouthi's contemplative and poignant experiences with mortality and heritage. If you're looking for a read that encapsulates the beauty of connecting with one's roots and the bittersweet acceptance of life's impermanence, this introspective memoir will touch you deeply. Barghouthi's reflections on his Palestinian village, his illness, and his relationship with the natural world provide a unique window into the heart and soul of a man facing his mortality with grace and introspection.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir

by Hussein Barghouthi, Ibrahim Muhawi
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ISBN: 9780857428967
Authors: Hussein Barghouthi, Ibrahim Muhawi
Publisher: Seagull Books
Date of Publication: 2022-05-17
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, Philosophy
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Ecology, Biography Memoir, Animals, Natural History
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 67 readers)

Description

A poetically written and bittersweet memoir about nature, death, life in Palestine, and the universal concept of home. Palestinian writer Hussein Barghouthi was in his late forties when he was diagnosed with lymphoma. He had feared it was HIV, so when the cancer diagnosis was confirmed, he left the hospital feeling a bittersweet joy because his wife and son would be spared. The bittersweetness of this reaction characterizes the alternating moods of narration and reflection that distinguish this meditative memoir, Among the Almond Trees. Barghouti’s way of dealing with finality is to return to memories of childhood in the village of his birth in central Palestine, where the house in which he grew up is surrounded by almond and fig orchards. He takes many healing walks in the moonlit shadows of the trees, where he observes curious foxes, dancing gazelles, a badger with an unearthly cry, a weasel, and a wild boar with its young—a return not only to the house but to nature itself. The author decides to build a house where he would live with his wife and son, in whom he sees a renewal of life. The realization of his impending death also urges him to vocalize this experience, and he relates the progress of the disease at infrequent intervals. And, ultimately, he details the imaginative possibility of a return to life—to the earth, where he would be buried among the almond trees.
 

Poetic memoir intertwining nature, life, and Palestinian identity.

"Among the Almond Trees" is a profound journey through Hussein Barghouthi's contemplative and poignant experiences with mortality and heritage. If you're looking for a read that encapsulates the beauty of connecting with one's roots and the bittersweet acceptance of life's impermanence, this introspective memoir will touch you deeply. Barghouthi's reflections on his Palestinian village, his illness, and his relationship with the natural world provide a unique window into the heart and soul of a man facing his mortality with grace and introspection.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.