{"product_id":"stranger-in-the-desert-jordan-salama-9781646221653","title":"Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining travelog, history, memoir, and reportage, \u003ci\u003eStranger in the Desert\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan Salama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646221656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646221653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.59w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2024","brand":"Jordan Salama","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302174748927,"sku":"9781646221653","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7260232-a466-4803-91c8-3fc35f3d2971.jpg?v=1695159941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stranger-in-the-desert-jordan-salama-9781646221653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}