Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
"There was a time when they lived in the village of Beit Daras, and the sun was hot and the earth was rich. There were ruins dating back to the Crusades; now their homes, too, are ruins, and they are refugees in the small strip of Gaza. And yet, when young Khaled dies, and moves on to the afterlife, it is back in Beit Daras that he finds himself. And from here he may slip through history, watching the continuing the story of his matriarchal family. He sees his grandmother, Nazmiyeh, once the prettiest, baddest girl in the town, the eternal ringleader. The other girls felt she hung the sky. He sees his mother, Alwan, who loves quietly and strongly, and who sustains the family through her embroidery work, stitching the stars and moon in place. He sees the great-aunts and cousins, and his sunny little sister, Rhet Shel. Finally, there is the branch of the family that moves to Kuwait, and then to America, where Nur, his mother's cousin, begins to lose herself. She will return to Mediterranean shores to find her past, and rediscover the ties of kinship that transcend distance and even death. Born of the violent, troubling history which continues to rage forth and claim its dead, The Blue Between Sky and Water is very much a novel of survival, and of the vivid, powerful women whose world they manage, with each day, to enlarge and to enliven"--Publisher.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: Spanish English
Showing 9 featured editions. View all 9 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Blue Between Sky and the Water
2022, Bin Khalifa University Press, Hamad
in Arabic
9927118805 9789927118807
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
The Blue Between Sky and Water
May 05, 2020, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance
audio cd
1799736210 9781799736219
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
The Blue Between Sky and Water
Apr 07, 2016, imusti, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
paperback
1408865122 9781408865125
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
The blue between sky and water
2016, Thorndike Press
in English
- Large print edition.
1410487458 9781410487452
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
Le Bleu entre le ciel et la mer (Littérature) (French Edition)
2016-01-25, DENOEL
2207131017 9782207131015
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
6
Azul Entre el Cielo y el Agua
2016, Editorial Planeta, S. A., Planeta Publishing
in Spanish
607073016X 9786070730160
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
7 |
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
8
The blue between sky and water: a novel
2015
in English
- First U.S. edition.
1632862212 9781632862211
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
9 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?August 13, 2024 | Edited by reshelved | IA, tags |
March 7, 2024 | Edited by | Merge works |
March 7, 2024 | Edited by | merge authors |
March 7, 2024 | Edited by | Merge works |
July 19, 2019 | Created by MARC Bot | import new book |