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Moshe Sakal The Diamond Setter (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Diamond Setter : a Novel
- Publication Name
- The Diamond Setter
- Title
- The Diamond Setter
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1590518918
- EAN
- 9781590518915
- ISBN
- 9781590518915
- Publisher
- Other Press, LLC
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 20/03/2018
- Release Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Lgbt / Gay, General, Jewish
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 12.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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The uneventful life of a jeweler from Tel Aviv changes abruptly in 2011 after Fareed, a handsome young man from Damascus, crosses illegally into Israel and makes his way to the ancient port city of Jaffa in search of his roots. In his pocket is a piece of a famous blue diamond known as "Sabakh." Intending to return the diamond to its rightful owner, Fareed is soon swept up in Tel Aviv's vibrant gay scene, and a turbulent protest movement. He falls in love with both an Israeli soldier and his boyfriend--the narrator of this book--and reveals the story of his family's past- a tale of forbidden love beginning in the 1930s that connects Fareed and the jeweler. Following Sabakh's winding path, The Diamond Setter ties present-day events to a forgotten time before the establishment of the State of Israel divided the region. Moshe Sakal's poignant mosaic of characters, locales, and cultures encourages us to see the Middle East beyond its violent conflicts.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Other Press, LLC
ISBN-10
1590518918
ISBN-13
9781590518915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239707634
Product Key Features
Book Title
Diamond Setter : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Lgbt / Gay, General, Jewish
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pj5055.4.A375t7613
Reviews
"Richly evocative." -- Booklist "A kaleidoscopic journey into the Middle East of the present and the not-so-distant past...As the mystery of the diamond unfolds, characters'' paths cross in unexpected ways--reminding the reader that we are all, in some way or another, connected." --Kirkus Reviews "If you enjoy richly plotted intergenerational stories inspired by true events, Moshe Sakal''s The Diamond Setter offers bountiful pleasures...a gloriously immersive journey into different cultures." -- Forward "...what''s best is the unselfconsciously sensuous writing (with a range of sexuality easily accepted) and the beautifully depicted sense of a time gone by when borders were open and Jew and Arab commingled." --Library Journal "[An] essential read...[one] of 2018''s biggest titles...a vital depiction of queer life in the Middle East." --Entertainment Weekly "There are...sparkling, beautiful passages in this novel... The Diamond Setter is very relevant: Jaffa and Tel Aviv represent a modern city''s role in justice, the quest for equality, and continuing rationality in a very irrational area of the world." --Huffington Post "Sakal makes room for his narrative to encompass huge issues: the geopolitics of the Middle East, gentrification, sexuality, borders, aging, and the bonds of family. Yet this book never feels ponderous: Sakal keeps things moving briskly throughout...the charm of the novel''s characters and the humanism with which Sakal tells this story go a long way." --Words Without Borders "Well written, masterfully translated by Jessica Cohen, and rewards rereading." --New York Journal of Books "Lush, imaginative, and seductive, Moshe Sakal''s The Diamond Setter offers a perfect combination of passion, suspense, insight, and beauty. Jessica Cohen''s brilliant translation only further enhances the reading experience, making it into a true literary treat." --Ruby Namdar, author of The Ruined House "A fascinating glimpse into an early twentieth-century Middle East, where familial entanglements and intimacies of all kinds still flourished between Jews and Arabs." --Judith Frank, author of All I Love and Know "Moshe Sakal''s books make me miss a life I never lived. In The Diamond Setter, he surpasses himself [with] the blue diamond''s wonderful journey across continents and nations. A rare book by a rare writer." --Ari Folman, Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for Waltz with Bashir "The blue diamond ''Sabakh'' becomes the underlying common thread that interweaves fascinating and beautiful characters, bridging different generations and countries in this captivating novel from Moshe Sakal. The Diamond Setter is a mystery that unfolds brilliantly. I cannot recommend it enough." --Hasan Namir, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of God in Pink "Moshe Sakal''s The Diamond Setter is an ambitious novel that is epic in scope (even while most of its geography comes back to a small section of Tel Aviv/Jaffa) and at the same time tightly focused on the intergenerational lives and loves of its characters. Like one of the titular multi-faceted gemstones, it''s reflective and refractive--actively twisting and weaving our perceptions of history and myth (personal myths and national myths) and even the very notions of narrative itself, breaking the fourth wall of the novel as it explores activism, politics, pinkwashing, and the Arab Spring, love triangles, and the notions of home and the right(s) of return." --Lawrence Schimel, two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author and translator "With beautiful and loving language, Sakal looks through the eyes of [his characters] to tell a story of Jaffa and Damascus in the early part of the last century, and today. The pages exude the aromas of a vibrant life that has since vanished." -- Haaretz
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2017-027132
Dewey Decimal
892.437
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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