My Name Is Adam by Elias Khoury

My Name Is Adam

The Children of the Ghetto #1

Elias Khoury with Humphrey Davies (Translator)

428 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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A moving story about Palestine's 1948 Exodus by the Arab world's finest living novelist. First in a trilogy. Long exiled in New York, Palestinian ex-pat Adam Dannoun thought he knew himself. But an encounter with Blind Mahmoud, a father figure fro...

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Community Reviews

3.92
based on 27 reviews

Moods

reflective: 100%

sad: 80%

dark: 60%

emotional: 60%

challenging: 40%

informative: 40%

inspiring: 40%

adventurous: 20%


Pace

75% of readers chose medium
25% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

25% of readers chose Plot
50% of readers chose A mix
25% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
N/A

Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
75% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Loveable characters?

25% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

75% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

25% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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