Abou and the Angel Cohen: A Novel

by Claude Campell

Overview

Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behavior through the ages, in this poignant and ironic novel set in Gaza in 2001.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461623106
Publisher:	Bridgeworks
Publication date:	02/10/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Claude Campbell, a former English professor at the City University of New York, lives in Kodak, Tennessee, near Knoxville.

Editorial Reviews

...a gentle masterpiece...

William Demby

So original...provacative...stylish.

Frank McCourt

The chapters...are filled with evocative prose and solid storytelling

Booklist - John Green

Whimsical fable...ironic foot for thought in the meeting of a Palestinian pacifist and an agnostic angel.

The Boston Globe

Will intrigue and entrance...a powerful and readable tale.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Pat MacEnulty

Whimsical, bittersweet...A fascinating picture of a Muslim community.

Boston Herald

An original, ironic, humorous, and sometimes tragic novel of conflict in the Gaza Strip....A moving, powerful, and recommended book.

Midwest Book Review

A refreshing, humble and certainly welcomed insight into the Middle East...Truly heart warming, and a welcome song to bleak times all across the world.

Rapport Magazine

Humorous and insightful

New Strait Times - Adam Ismail