{"product_id":"origins-a-memoir-9780374531768","title":"Origins: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrigins\u003c\/i\u003e, by the world-renowned writer Amin Maalouf, is a sprawling, hemisphere-spanning intergenerational saga. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth, in the mountains of Lebanon and in Havana, Cuba, \u003ci\u003eOrigins \u003c\/i\u003erecounts the family history of the generation of Maalouf's paternal grandfather, Boutros. Why did Boutros, a poet and educator in Lebanon, travel across the globe to rescue his younger brother, Gebrayel, who had settled in Havana? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaalouf is an energetic and amiable narrator, illuminating the more obscure corners of late Ottoman nationalism, the psychology of Lebanese sectarianism, and the dynamics of family quarrels. He moves with great agility across time and space, and across genres of writing. But he never loses track of his story's central thread: his quest to lift the shadow of legend from his family's past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrigins\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a gripping family chronicle and a timely consideration of Lebanese culture and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amin Maalouf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636660334748,"sku":"9780374531768","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c8e57b0e-70e0-4286-b16f-e4ada612641c.jpg?v=1603842569","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/origins-a-memoir-9780374531768","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}