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Ossyane, a young Lebanese of both aristocratic Ottoman and humble Armenian origins, goes to Montpellier, France, to study away from the burden of his liberal father's revolutionary ambitions. World War II breaks out and Ossyane is drawn into the Resistance, where he meets Clara, who is Jewish. He returns to Beirut and, despite the obvious obstacles, to a happy marriage with Clara. The Jewish-Muslim couple move to Haifa, but if one war has made a hero out of Ossyane, another, much closer to home, is destined to split him ...

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Ports of Call 2001, Random House UK, London

ISBN-13: 9781860468902

Trade paperback

Ports of Call 1999, Harvill Press, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781860464461

Hardcover

Ports of Call 1999, Harvill Press, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781860464478

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