Farewell, Babylon Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad
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In Farewell, Babylon, Naim Kattan takes readers into the heart of exotic mid-19th-century Baghdad's then-teeming Jewish community. Jews had lived in Iraq for 25 centuries, long before the time of Christ or Muhammad, but anti-Semitism and nationalism were on the rise. In this beautifully written memoir, a young boy comes of age and describes his discoveries - of work, literature, patriotism, the joys of lazy Sundays swimming in the Tigris. He also talks eloquently of his greatest discovery: women and love. This is a story of roots and exile, of thirst for life and life's experiences. However, more than that it is a tribute to a lost world, an ancient Eastern city in which Iraq's Kurds, Bedouins, Sunnis, Shiites, Chaldeans, Catholics, and Jews all lived together in a rough, rewarding sort of harmony.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781551927992 |
Publisher: | Raincoast Books |
Imprint: | Raincoast Books |
Pub date: | 06 Feb 2006 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 222 |
Weight: | 295g |
Height: | 215mm |
Width: | 140mm |
Spine width: | 14mm |