Author

Contributions

  • Shlesinger, Miriam, 1947- - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Black Cat, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

67,750 words, Guess

Page Count

271 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005046768
  • Goodreads119929
  • LibraryThing1155458

Classifications

  • DDC892.4/37
  • LCCPJ5055.38.A84 V313 2006

Description

A young journalist, recently married and with a new baby, is seeking a quieter life away from the city and has bought a large house in his parents' hometown, an Arab village in Israel. Nothing is as he remembers: everything is smaller, the people petty and provincial and the villagers divided between sympathy for the Palestinians and dependence on the Israelis. Suddenly and shockingly, the village becomes a pawn in the power struggles of the Middle East. When Israeli tanks surround the village without warning or explanation, everyone inside is cut off from the outside world. As the situation grows increasingly tense, our hero is forced to confront what it means to be human in an inhuman situation.

Description

A young Arab journalist returns to his hometown -- an Arab village within Israel -- where his already vexed sense of belonging is forced to crisis when the village becomes a pawn in the never-ending power struggle that is the Middle East. Hoping to reclaim the simplicity of life among kin, the prodigal son returns home to find that nothing is as he remembers: everything is smaller, the people are petty and provincial. But when Israeli tanks surround the village without warning or explanation, everyone inside is cut off from the outside world. As the situation grows increasingly dire, the village devolves into a Darwinian jungle, where paranoia quickly takes hold and threatens the community's fragile equilibrium.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Let it be morningBlack Cat2006

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