Books by Suad Amiry and Complete Book Reviews
Suad Amiry, Author . Pantheon $23 (207p) ISBN 978-0-375-42379-6
Amiry's parents were among the thousands of Palestinians who fled from their homes in 1948; they went to Amman, Jordan, where the author was brought up before attending the American University in Beirut to study architecture. She returned to...
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Suad Amiry. Bloomsbury, $16 trade paper (208p) ISBN 9789927101465
Amiry’s (Sharon and My Mother-in-Law) latest is a heart-rending exploration of a tumultuous political situation. The Palestinian people have spent decades coping with exile from their homes and the appropriation of their property by Israeli...
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Suad Amiry. Pantheon, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-31655-9
Amiry’s stirring debut novel (after the memoir My Damascus) follows the young love between two Palestinians whose families become displaced during the 1947–1948 civil war. Subhi, a 15-year-old mechanic whiz, is sent to solve an irrigation problem...
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