The diamond setter / Moshe Sakal ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen.
Momo rauemi: TextReo: English Original language: Hebrew Whakaahuatanga: 298 pages ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781590518915
- 1590518918
- Tsoref. English
- 892.43/6 23
- PJ5055.4.A375 T7613 2018
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Manaia LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | SAKA (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2177400 |
"The uneventful life of a jeweler from Tel Aviv changes abruptly in 2011 after Fareed, a handsome young man from Damascus, crosses illegally into Israel and makes his way to the ancient port city of Jaffa in search of his roots. In his pocket is a piece of a famous blue diamond known as "Sabakh." Intending to return the diamond to its rightful owner, Fareed is soon swept up in Tel Aviv's vibrant gay scene, and a turbulent protest movement. He falls in love with both an Israeli soldier and his boyfriend--the narrator of this book--and reveals the story of his family's past: a tale of forbidden love beginning in the 1930s that connects Fareed and the jeweler"--
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