Farewell, Babylon by Naim Kattan
A classic memoir about growing up in Baghdad in the 1940s, by a grand old man of Canadian letters.
Here is the exotic world of one of the East's ancient cities, where Naim Kattan was born into the heart of its then teeming Jewish community. In this evocative memoir, a young boy comes of age, discovering work, literature, patriotism, racism--and women and love. Farewell, Babylon is a story of roots and anguished exile, of thirst for life and life's experiences. Above all it is a memoir of a lost world, a magical city in which Iraq's Kurds, Bedouins, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in a rough sort of harmony.
Born in Iraq, Naü¾™¦”¼m Kattan moved to Montreal in 1954. Award-winning novelist, short story writer and critic, Kattan has published more than 30 books, a few of which have been translated into English, including Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad, The Neighbour and Other Stories, Reality and Theatre, and A.M. Klein: Poet and Prophet. Today, Kattan divides his time between Montreal and Paris. Educator, religious studies scholar, and art critic, Montrealer Norman Cornett, Ph.D., teaches at universities throughout North America and Europe. His translations appear in leading literary journals including Canadian Literature, Rampike, Literary Review of Canada, ARC, and Windsor Review. Writer, editor, translator, publisher, filmmaker, Antonio D'Alfonso is the author of over 30 books. His novel Un vendredi du mois d'aoü¾˜¦˜¼t won the Trillium Award in 2005. Aside from his own award-winning writing, he has translated some of Quebec's finest authors.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781551927992 |
| ISBN 10 | 1551927993 |
| Title | Farewell, Babylon |
| Author | Naim Kattan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Raincoast Books |
| Year published | 2006-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
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