The House in Talbiya: A Novel

A lyrical multigenerational novel about two families-one Israeli and one Palestinian-and the house that connects them, by the award-winning author of The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land

Jerusalem, 1939: An eccentric Jewish bookbinder and his young niece, Agata, are hired to repair books at a family library in Talbiya, the fanciest neighborhood in Jerusalem. They arrive at an elegant villa of white limestone, surrounded by flowers and fruit trees. Agata-a refugee in Palestine after her pare...