According to legend, the Garden of Eden was located in Iraq, and for millennia, Jews resided peacefully in metropolitan Baghdad. Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad reconstructs the last years of the oldest Jewish Diaspora community in the world through the recollections of Violette Shamash, a Jewish woman who was born in Baghdad in 1912, sent to her daughter Mira Rocca and son-in-law, the British journalist Tony Rocca. The result is a deeply textured memoir--an intimate portrait of an individual life, ...
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According to legend, the Garden of Eden was located in Iraq, and for millennia, Jews resided peacefully in metropolitan Baghdad. Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad reconstructs the last years of the oldest Jewish Diaspora community in the world through the recollections of Violette Shamash, a Jewish woman who was born in Baghdad in 1912, sent to her daughter Mira Rocca and son-in-law, the British journalist Tony Rocca. The result is a deeply textured memoir--an intimate portrait of an individual life, yet revealing of the complex dynamics of the Middle East in the twentieth century.
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Add this copy of Memories of Eden: a Journey Through Jewish Baghdad to cart. $18.75, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Northwestern University Press.
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Book. Octavo; G+/paperback; green/red pictorial spine with black text; first Northwestern printing; covers have minimal exterior wear; covers fully attached; tight binding; exterior edges to text block has few smudges; several fore corners turned down; some underlining and marginalia inside; illustrated; pp 199. 1345789. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Add this copy of Memories of Eden: a Journey Through Jewish Baghdad to cart. $25.00, like new condition, Sold by Sutton Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, VT, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Forum Books, 2008.
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New. 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Tells the tale of the authors childhood spent in the city of Caliphs, Scheherazade and the land of the Garden of Eden, of traditions passed down over the generations, and captures the elusive quality of a scene totally at odds with our image of Iraq. Editor(s): Rocca, Tony; Rocca, Mira. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50-55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Memories of Eden to cart. $40.03, new condition, Sold by Media Smart rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hawthorne, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Forum.
