Name: Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story
SKU: 55980765
Price: 30.00 EUR
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Author: Jordan Salama

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Jordan Salama

Publisher

Catapult

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781646221653

Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story

Jordan Salama (Author) · Catapult · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story"

Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in South America One Thanksgiving afternoon at his grandparents' house, Jordan Salama discovers a large binder stuffed with yellowing papers and old photographs--a five-hundred-year wandering history of his Arab-Jewish family, from Moorish Spain to Ottoman Syria to Argentina and beyond. One story in particular captures his attention: that of his great-grandfather, a Syrian-born, Arabic-speaking Jewish immigrant to Argentina who in the 1920s worked as a traveling salesman in the Andes--and may have left behind forgotten descendants along the way. Encouraged by his grandfather, Jordan goes in search of these "Lost Salamas," traveling more than a thousand miles up the spine of South America's greatest mountain range. Combining travelog, history, memoir, and reportage, Stranger in the Desert transports readers from the lonely plains of Patagonia to the breathtaking altiplano of the high Andes; from the old Jewish quarter of Damascus to today's vibrant neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is also a fervent journey of self-discovery as Salama grapples with his own Jewish, Arab, and Latin American identities, interrogating the stories families tell themselves, and to what end.

Jordan Salama

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Jordan Salama is a writer who covers culture and environmental topics in the Americas. His essays and stories have appeared in National Geographic, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and other publications. An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, he is the author of Every Day the River Changes, recognized as the best book by Kirkus Reviews of 2021 and Princeton's "Pre-Read" of 2022, and Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (2024). He graduated from Princeton University in 2019.

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