The Refugee Ocean by Toutonghi, Pauls
The Refugee Ocean by Toutonghi, Pauls

The Refugee Ocean

Two refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked--over time and distance--by the perils of history and...
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Author: Pauls Toutonghi
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Language: English
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The Refugee Ocean by Toutonghi, Pauls

The Refugee Ocean

$38.20
The Refugee Ocean by Toutonghi, Pauls

The Refugee Ocean

$38.20
Author: Pauls Toutonghi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Two refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked--over time and distance--by the perils of history and a single haunting piece of music in this "breathtaking and simultaneously heartbreaking" (The Montecito Journal) story.

Born in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutounghi lives a life of loss and sacrifice. She dreams of traveling Europe and studying music at the Conservatoire de Paris but her family--and her society--hold her back. When she meets the son of a Cuban tobacco farmer at a formal dance, love transforms her life. Together with him, she flees across the Pacific Ocean. She's hoping for a new beginning, she finds revolution and chaos.

Over fifty years later, Naïm Rahil is a teenage refugee from Aleppo, Syria. A former piano prodigy who struggles to thrive in America--and who has lost part of his hand in the war--he dreams of a simple normal life.

Moving from Aleppo on the brink of civil war, to Lebanon in the late 1940s, to Havana during the Cuban Revolution, to the suburbs of Washington, DC, The Refugee Ocean "is an exquisite...poignant, and layered novel" (Eleanor Shearer, author of River Sing Me Home) that grapples with what it means to be an immigrant, shows how wounds can heal, and highlights the role of music and art in the resilience of the human spirit.

Author: Pauls Toutonghi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 10/08/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.50w x 1.28d
ISBN: 9781668007440

About the Author
Paul Toutonghi's parents were both refugees to the United States. He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, an Andrew W. Mellon research fellowship, a Fulbright Grant, and a residency at Hawthornden Castle. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Outside Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Granta, Tin House, and other periodicals. He's married to the novelist, Peyton Marshall. He lives in Oregon, where he teaches at Lewis and Clark College.
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