Late for Tea at the Deer Palace - The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family

"It's an admirable endeavour to have Iraq addressed by someone who is in so many ways able to approach it from two worlds. . . . Tamara Chalabi has the stuff, in every sense, that is needful to undertake this." --Christopher Hitchens In the tradition of Jung Chang's Wild Swans and Bhutto Benazir's Reconciliation comes Tamara Chalabi's unique memoir of returning to her family's homeland, Iraq. In this epic story of one daughter's journey through the annals of her family's tumultuous history, Chalabi's powerful voice and piercing vision illuminate her country and its people as never before.

Info autore

Tamara Chalabi holds a PhD in history from Harvard University. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Slate, and The Sunday Times, among other publications.

Riassunto

“It’s an admirable endeavour to have Iraq addressed by someone who is in so many ways able to approach it from two worlds. . . . Tamara Chalabi has the stuff, in every sense, that is needful to undertake this.” —Christopher Hitchens

In the tradition of Jung Chang’s Wild Swans and Bhutto Benazir’s Reconciliation comes Tamara Chalabi’s unique memoir of returning to her family’s homeland, Iraq. In this epic story of one daughter’s journey through the annals of her family’s tumultuous history, Chalabi’s powerful voice and piercing vision illuminate her country and its people as never before.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tamara Chalabi
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.01.2011
• EAN: 9780061240393
• ISBN: 978-0-06-124039-3
• Pagine: 448
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 35 mm
• Categorie: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Science: general issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / World, Memoirs, SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, Middle East, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Indigenous Peoples, History of Science, Relating to indigenous peoples, Middle Eastern history, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, Relating to Arab people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous, Islamic Studies / Literature