Farewell, Damascus /
Sammān, Ghādah,author.
Roberts, Nancy N.,translator.
Farewell Damascus, set in the city during the early 1960s, is both a paean to a beloved homeland and an ode to human dignity. Armed with her customary humour, pathos, and knack for suspense, Ghada Samman fearlessly tackles issues that roil societies across the globe to this day.
Originally published in Arabic in 2015.
Farewell Damascus, set in the city during the early 1960s, is both a paean to a beloved homeland and an ode to human dignity. Armed with her customary humour, pathos, and knack for suspense, Ghada Samman fearlessly tackles issues that roil societies across the globe to this day.
Women college students
Married women
Abortion
Nineteen sixties
Abortion.
Manners and customs.
Married women.
Nineteen sixties.
Social conditions.
Women college students.
Yā Dimashq wadāʻan.