Fragments of Memory: A Story of a Syrian Family

An autobiographical novel, set in the early 20th century, about the life of a boy born to a poor family in northern Syria.

Fragments of Memory offers a picture of reality that is simple, direct, and quite emotional... an image of Syrian society in the thirties and forties through the struggle of an impoverished family- of an origin that is neither rural nor urban- which moves from the city to the countryside, only to be forced back unwillingly, groping for survival.

Khaldoun Shamaa's Fragments of Memory is an autobiographical novel about the life of a boy born to a poor family in northern Syria. Mina sets these personal events against a richly detailed description of events in the history of early 20th century Syria, as the silkworm industry gave way to modern foreign technology. The mode of life described is one of a bygone era.

Author: Hanna Mina
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 04/30/2024
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.20w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781623717032
ISBN10: 1623717035
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | Middle East | General