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Tenants and Cobwebs /

Samir Naqqash's stirring novel Tenants and Cobwebs nostalgically commemorates the lost culture of an ancient Iraqi Jewish minority living amidst a majority Muslim population in 1940s Baghdad. The plot unfolds during a time of great turmoil: the rise of Iraqi nationalism and anti-Jewish sentimen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Naqqāsh, Samīr (Autor)
Otros Autores: Masliyah, Sadok Heskel, 1934- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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