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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Songs for the Dead and the Living
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'Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house above a paint shop on the outskirts of Beirut, with her large, chaotic, loving family. But she soon learns that as Palestinian refugees, her family's life in Lebanon is precarious.

'Songs for the Dead and the Living is a coming-of-age tale played out across generations and continents, from Palestine to Australia. Sara M Saleh offers a breathtaking portrait of the fragilities and flaws of family in the wake of war.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mulgrave, Ashwood - Mulgrave area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Affirm Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2023.
      ISBN: 9781922848536

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Best of 2023 in Australian Reading Alex Gerrans , Rosie Ofori Ward , Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen , Imogen Dewey , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2024;

— Review of Shirley Ronnie Scott , 2023 single work novel ; Praiseworthy Alexis Wright , 2023 single work novel ; Search History Amy Taylor , 2023 single work novel ; Green Dot Madeleine Gray , 2023 single work novel ; Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel ; Notes on Her Colour Jennifer Neal , 2023 single work novel ; Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran , 2022 single work novel ; Crossing the Line Nick McKenzie , 2023 single work autobiography ; Anam André Dao , 2023 single work novel
Sara M. Saleh’s Memorable Tales of Exile, Prejudice and Resistance Reflect the Palestinian Experience Michelle Hamadache , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 12 January 2024;

— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel

'Sara M. Saleh is a writer and human rights lawyer. She has won two of Australia’s most prestigious poetry prizes: Overland’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize in 2020 and Australian Book Review’s Peter Porter Poetry Prize  in 2021. She has published extensively in literary and poetry journals, and co-edited Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity with Randa Abdel-Fattah.' (Introduction)

Book Review : Songs for the Dead and the Living, Sara M Saleh Ava Cadee , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2023;

— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel

'A powerful story about what it means to find home and identity among conflict and migration.'

y separately published work icon Sara Saleh on Writing Women's History into Fiction Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2023 26992236 2023 single work podcast interview

'Sara Saleh is an award-winning writer, poet, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon.  Her poems, short stories, and essays have been widely published nationally in English and Arabic. She is co-editor of the groundbreaking 2019 anthology Arab, Australian, Other, and made history as the first poet to win both the Australian Book Review's 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2020. Songs for the Dead and the Living (2023) is her first novel.' (Introduction)

The Urgency of Songs for the Dead and the Living Dženana Vucic , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2023;

— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel

'According to the UN, almost 6 million Palestinians are refugees, meaning that almost half of all Palestinians are unable to return to their homes. The violent, and ongoing, dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people has become known as the Nakba—the Catastrophe—and from it are born millions of stories of movement and exile, of hope and unflagging determination.'

The Urgency of Songs for the Dead and the Living Dženana Vucic , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2023;

— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel

'According to the UN, almost 6 million Palestinians are refugees, meaning that almost half of all Palestinians are unable to return to their homes. The violent, and ongoing, dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people has become known as the Nakba—the Catastrophe—and from it are born millions of stories of movement and exile, of hope and unflagging determination.'

Sara M. Saleh’s Memorable Tales of Exile, Prejudice and Resistance Reflect the Palestinian Experience Michelle Hamadache , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 12 January 2024;

— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel

'Sara M. Saleh is a writer and human rights lawyer. She has won two of Australia’s most prestigious poetry prizes: Overland’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize in 2020 and Australian Book Review’s Peter Porter Poetry Prize  in 2021. She has published extensively in literary and poetry journals, and co-edited Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity with Randa Abdel-Fattah.' (Introduction)

Best of 2023 in Australian Reading Alex Gerrans , Rosie Ofori Ward , Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen , Imogen Dewey , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2024;

— Review of Shirley Ronnie Scott , 2023 single work novel ; Praiseworthy Alexis Wright , 2023 single work novel ; Search History Amy Taylor , 2023 single work novel ; Green Dot Madeleine Gray , 2023 single work novel ; Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel ; Notes on Her Colour Jennifer Neal , 2023 single work novel ; Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran , 2022 single work novel ; Crossing the Line Nick McKenzie , 2023 single work autobiography ; Anam André Dao , 2023 single work novel
Book Review : Songs for the Dead and the Living, Sara M Saleh Ava Cadee , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2023;

— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel

'A powerful story about what it means to find home and identity among conflict and migration.'

y separately published work icon Sara Saleh on Writing Women's History into Fiction Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2023 26992236 2023 single work podcast interview

'Sara Saleh is an award-winning writer, poet, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon.  Her poems, short stories, and essays have been widely published nationally in English and Arabic. She is co-editor of the groundbreaking 2019 anthology Arab, Australian, Other, and made history as the first poet to win both the Australian Book Review's 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2020. Songs for the Dead and the Living (2023) is her first novel.' (Introduction)

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