Jaffa Street
19.99 €
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Jaffa Street
19.99 €
The third novel by the author of the bestsellers "Bella Germania" and "Piccola Sicilia," "Jaffa Street" continues the story that began in "Piccola Sicilia."
1948. Little Joëlle finds a new home on Jaffa Street in the port city of Haifa. Meanwhile, for Palestinian Amal, her father's orange groves in the Jaffa suburbs have become just a memory of a lost homeland. Both girls are unaware of the secret that not only binds them but will determine their destinies. Their paths will converge in one person who will play a defining role in both their lives: a former German soldier named Moritz, who has renounced the war, his country, his family in Germany, his name, and his very self. And Moritz, now Maurice, will spend his entire life searching for one person—his true self. His German family, his Jewish family, his Arab family—which of them is his true identity, where are his deepest loyalties, and do he even have roots? Three families, three generations, three cultures—and one shared, dramatic fate.
Daniel Speck once again invites us to immerse ourselves in the wondrous life of the Mediterranean, but the polyphony and panoramic view in his new novel have become even broader, and the dramatic story of Moritz-Maurice and his family will leave no one indifferent.
1948. Little Joëlle finds a new home on Jaffa Street in the port city of Haifa. Meanwhile, for Palestinian Amal, her father's orange groves in the Jaffa suburbs have become just a memory of a lost homeland. Both girls are unaware of the secret that not only binds them but will determine their destinies. Their paths will converge in one person who will play a defining role in both their lives: a former German soldier named Moritz, who has renounced the war, his country, his family in Germany, his name, and his very self. And Moritz, now Maurice, will spend his entire life searching for one person—his true self. His German family, his Jewish family, his Arab family—which of them is his true identity, where are his deepest loyalties, and do he even have roots? Three families, three generations, three cultures—and one shared, dramatic fate.
Daniel Speck once again invites us to immerse ourselves in the wondrous life of the Mediterranean, but the polyphony and panoramic view in his new novel have become even broader, and the dramatic story of Moritz-Maurice and his family will leave no one indifferent.
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