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The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood
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The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood Paperback - 1995

by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra; Issa Boullata (Translator)


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The First Well is an engaging autobiographical account of Jabra's boyhood in Bethlehem, where he was born in 1920, and later in Jerusalem, where he moved as a teenager with his parents.Through the eyes and heart of a sensitive, highly imaginative boy, Jabra describes the first sources of his artistic sensibility--the houses, fields, and orchards of his childhood and the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. The First Well is the story of his intellectual and spiritual growth nurtured and encouraged by his family, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his teachers. His story is both captivatingly innocent and full of wisdom. Wordsworth's observation, "The Child is father of the Man," is entirely apt as Jabra's literary and artistic interests take root and blossom. Here is a chronicle of the experiences and events he drew upon as he became one of the leading authors of the Arab world.

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The First Well is an engaging autobiographical account of Jabra's boyhood in Bethlehem, where he was born in 1920, and later in Jerusalem, where he moved as a teenager with his parents. Here is a chronicle of the experiences and events he drew upon as he became one of the leading authors of the Arab world.

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  • Title The First Well: A Bethlehem Boyhood
  • Author Jabra Ibrahim Jabra; Issa Boullata (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Arkansas Press
  • Date 1995-11
  • ISBN 9781557283818 / 1557283818
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.47 x 5.01 x 0.6 in (21.51 x 12.73 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Jabra, Jabra Ibrahim, Authors, Arab - Palestine - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95018662
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 11/15/1995, Page 74
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/09/1995, Page 81
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