Fencing with the King
Diana Abu-Jaber
A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Featuring a heartfelt author's note read by the author herself.
Amani is hooked on a mystery―a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father’s books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king’s sixtieth birthday―and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated―and dangerous―after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history, and, eventually, a fight for her own life.
Fencing with the King masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable to explore the power of inheritance, the trauma of displacement, and whether we can release the past to build a future.
Duration - 19h 23m.
Author - Diana Abu-Jaber.
Narrator - Rasha Zamamiri.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Featuring a heartfelt author's note read by the author herself. Amani is hooked on a mystery―a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father’s books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect occasion to investigate arises: her Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King of Jordan, invites her father to celebrate the king’s sixtieth birthday―and to fence with the king, as in their youth. Her father has avoided returning to his homeland for decades, but Amani persuades him to come with her. Uncle Hafez will make their time in Jordan complicated―and dangerous―after Amani discovers a missing relative and is launched into a journey of loss, history, and, eventually, a fight for her own life. Fencing with the King masterfully draws on King Lear and Arthurian fable to explore the power of inheritance, the trauma of displacement, and whether we can release the past to build a future. Duration - 19h 23m. Author - Diana Abu-Jaber. Narrator - Rasha Zamamiri. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
Author's Note
Duration:00:02:56
Chapter 1
Duration:00:13:54
Chapter 2
Duration:00:27:45
Chapter 3
Duration:00:28:38
Chapter 4
Duration:00:05:18
Chapter 5
Duration:00:29:36
Chapter 6
Duration:00:07:57
Chapter 7
Duration:00:30:09
Chapter 8
Duration:00:58:51
Chapter 9
Duration:00:32:07
Chapter 10
Duration:00:21:08
Chapter 11
Duration:00:21:07
Chapter 12
Duration:00:12:51
Chapter 13
Duration:00:06:15
Chapter 14
Duration:00:39:17
Chapter 15
Duration:00:02:02
Chapter 16
Duration:00:24:51
Chapter 17
Duration:00:07:43
Chapter 18
Duration:00:43:08
Chapter 19
Duration:00:37:08
Chapter 20
Duration:00:25:45
Chapter 21
Duration:00:10:19
Chapter 22
Duration:00:12:24
Chapter 23
Duration:00:01:10
Chapter 24
Duration:00:09:38
Chapter 25
Duration:00:32:28
Chapter 26
Duration:00:18:27
Chapter 27
Duration:00:13:22
Chapter 28
Duration:00:20:13
Chapter 29
Duration:00:17:04
Chapter 30
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 31
Duration:00:07:34
Chapter 32
Duration:00:12:55
Chapter 33
Duration:00:17:29
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:38