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SUMMARY:Presentation of 'The Palace of the Higher Hill' with author Karim 
 Kattan
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DESCRIPTION:Karim Kattan will be discussing his novel The Palace on the Hi
 gher Hill\, which won the 2021 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie
  and has now been translated into English by Jeffrey Zuckerman. It follows
  a young man who returns to the village of his birth in Palestine after re
 ceiving a letter about the death of an aunt he cannot remember. \n\nPalest
 inian author Karim Kattan was born in 1989 in Jerusalem\, grew up in Bethl
 ehem\, and holds a doctorate in comparative literature. His 2017 short-sto
 ry collection Préliminaires pour un verger futur was a finalist for the P
 rix Boccace. The Palace on the Higher Hill\, his first novel\, won the 202
 1 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie\, and his most recent novel\
 , Eden at Dawn\, was shortlisted for the 2024 Prix Renaudot.
LOCATION:All Souls College\, High Street OX1 4AL
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/430b55b5-d357-49d1-8cc7-cc33b73197ca/
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