Title: Daughters of Jacob Bridge

Author: Hassan Hamid (Palestinian)

Translators: Lin Fengmin, Chen Chunxia

Publisher: Sino - Culture Press

Edition: 1st Edition, October 2018

Format: Hardcover, 16 - mo

Printed Sheets: 16.5

Word Count: 120,000 words

ISBN: 9787507549782

Price: 48.00 CNY

This book has been passed down to the narrator ("I") through 13 generations. By chance, people discovered this book in the bookcase of the narrator's 14th - generation grandfather. This grandfather, Elias Shamanzuri, was a renowned scholar who lived in the Mamluk era in the 13th century. The book records the historical deeds of the immigrant Yaqub and his daughters. They lived near a bridge across the Jordan River, close to the village of Shemeshane. This bridge was later named the Bridge of Yaqub's Daughters.

The book is divided into the main text and appendix, with a large number of annotations and interpretations interspersed. It seems to dismember a story and then recombine it. Praised for its innovation in narrative structure, it was selected by the Arab Writers' Association as one of the "105 Best Middle - length and Long Novels in the Arab World in the 20th Century".

Hassan Hamid is a famous Palestinian writer. His main works include short stories such as The Zodiac, The Attempt of the Unfortunate Zaid, Black Death and Trampling, Echoes of Death, The Sorrows of Shaqal, Red Carnations for Her, Rain, Sorrow and the Colorful Bed, By the Willow; novels such as The Departure of the Herdsman, Come, Let the Autumn Leaves Fly, Daughters of Jacob Bridge; and research monographs such as One Thousand and One Nights - The Desire of Words and the Desire of the Body.

Lin Fengmin: Born in 1968, he is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Peking University, the head of the Arabic Department of the School of Foreign Languages of Peking University, the deputy director of the Center for Oriental Literary Studies at Peking University, a key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the vice - president of the Chinese Association for Arab Literature. His main monographs include Singing for Love: A Study of Kuwaiti Poetess Suad Al - Sabah, Modern Arab Literature in the Context of Cultural Transformation, A Comparative Study of Chinese Literature and Arab Literature.

Chen Chunxia: Born in 1979, she graduated from the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at Peking University with a master's degree in literature. She participated in the research work of the major project of the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, A Comparative Study of Chinese Literature and Arab Literature.

The Monastery and the Monks / 001

Hanna: The Bitter Fruit of Taboos / 009

The Nuns

Maria / 025

Sophia / 040

Marjana / 049

Volume I: Sacrifice · One / 059

Volume II: Sacrifice · Two / 077

Volume III: Recovery / 103

Volume IV: Relatives / 119

Volume V: The Bathing Spring / 135

Volume VI: The Wall / 151

Volume VII: Weeping / 169

Volume VIII: Consent / 193

Volume IX: A Cheerful Day / 207

Volume X: Flame / 231

Volume XI: The Great Yaqub / 239

Volume XII: The Death of Yaqub / 245

Volume XIII: The Fetus / 249