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The measure of distance an immigrant novel /

"The Measure of Distance is a saga that follows four generations of an Egyptian family. Beginning in the late 1800s when the British took control of Egypt and culminating in 2011 with the Egyptian Revolution, the story alternates between the lives of those who migrated to America and those who...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaldas, Pauline, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2023.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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