Text in Arabic. 1948: The lives of the Abulheja family are changed forever when they are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; and the other, who as a result of sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause, becomes his brothers unwitting enemy. Amals own dramatic story weaves its way between these strands. This is a moving and powerful novel that will have an enormous impact on all those who read it.
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This is the first commercial literary work ever to inhabit a Palestinian voice. It is a hugely significant and important work of fiction
I have never before read such a fascinating novel on Palestine and Israel. It gives deep insights while affecting me emotionally as only great novels can do -- Henning Mankell I loved it ... what she's done is that great Jane Eyre thing: here is my life, here is a life, from the very beginning to its very end; here is her family and her heart, her people and her land. You travel with her on every page -- Carmen Callil The voice of Susan Abulhawa is honest, every word is heartfelt, the aim to honour history and acknowledge its facts. This book is a "tour" waiting to take with it all kinds of readers: the already converted, the uninformed, and especially those who are fortunate enough to live secure lives -- Hanan al-Shaykh Mornings In Jenin is a powerful and passionate insight into what many Palestinians have had to endure since the state of Israel was created. Susan Abulhawa guides us through traumatic events with anger and great tenderness too, creating unforgettable images of a world in which humanity and inhumanity, selflessness and selfishness, love and hate grow so close to each other -- Michael Palin Powerful and moving Stylist a terrifically affecting novel, thanks to Abulhawa's elegance as a writer. It's a novel to savor' - The Philadelphia Inquirer, US Abulhawa's writing shines... Friendship, adolescence, love: ordinary events, offset against extraordinary circumstances, make the story live' The Independent
Les mer
This is the first commercial literary work ever to inhabit a Palestinian voice. It is a hugely significant and important work of fiction

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789992142592
Publisert
2012-03-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
Vekt
386 gr
Høyde
195 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Arabisk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter

Biographical note

Susan Abulhawa was born to refugees of the Six Day War of 1967, when her family's land was seized and Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. She moved to the USA as a teenager, graduated in biomedical science and established a career in medical science. In July 2001, Susan Abulhawa founded Playgrounds for Palestine, a children's organisation dedicated to upholding The Right to Play for Palestinian children. Mornings in Jenin is her first novel and is being published in nineteen countries. She lives in Pennsylvania with her daughter.