Thank you for the recommendation. The Trees looks right up my alley. It’s on order! I recently read The Underground Railroad and American Gods, which both also deal with some very real American things using fiction mixed with some unreality, and I was captivated by both.
I came close to recommending Underground Railroad, but I figured the odds of you having read it were higher than The Trees. I hope it really is up your alley.
Here are some recommendations of Palestinian fiction and poetry. Start with one of the two greatest poets of the 20th century Mahmoud Darwish , author and innovator of over fifteen books and a. few poetic biographies who was also a commited radical who helped write the Oslo Agreements and felt that Arafat gave too much away to the Israel. When Darwish read, not only in the cities of Palestine/Israel, hundreds came to his readings. Fellow Palestinian and others put his poems to music. He made Robert Frost an Ts Eliot look like the Invisible Man. They sang of grey barns and frozen dirt while he climbed the sky and danced with phoenixes. His startling and sterling books include The Butterfly's Burden, Unfortunately It Was Paradise, Adam of Two Edens (where he compares the erasing of the population and massive land theft and destruction of homes and renaming cities to the US government and armies' near genocide of over 200 Native American tribes, calling mass murdere "Manifest Destiny ( and noboddy even had a car). Darwish also wrote The Music of Human Flesh, Psalms, State of Siege Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone, If I Were Another, In The Presence of Absence, Almond Blossoms, I Dont Want This Poem To End ( on his death bed surrounded by close friends, and wrote the innovative poetic nonfiction books Memories of Beirut, The River Dies of Thirst. His good friend, fellow poet Samir Al Qasim, was a master of the short ironic poem sparkling in his Sadder But Water, and All that's left for you,
A masterful writer, and arguably one of the most briliant writers in the world is Sahar Khalifeh, author of at least six novels includidng Wild Thorns, about a trained terrorist who returns home to rcommit an act of mass murder but finds a split attitude among the various Palestinian groups Her novel The End of Spring describes the fullranging 197 Palestinians defied gas bulllets,beating and blastings in a massive movement that remains and grows to epic propotrtions.
Aisi surprising novel is Emile Habiby's dark comeddy Saeed The Accidental Optimist about the travalis and Kafkaesque trials of a young man who is coming, allegedly to look at the architecutre and famous painting and scupters.
Liana Badr has three or four novels about Palestinians trying to survive day by day in Jerusalem,
No list would be complete without out the name Ghassan Kanafani author of many works, including the two trrenchant and elegiac short story collectons- Palestine's Children and Men In The Sun, featuring the long title story about poverty stricken young Palestinian men trying to find work to feed and clothe their families As harrowing a story about trapped immigrants you will ever read. Contrastingly, the story "The Slope" is easiy one of finest and funniest stories" about education in public schools with minimal materials'' that's ever been written other than Grace Paley's one and a half page story in her collection 'LaterThe Same Day", "He Tells Me The. Story About His Life." to be continued
I owe anyone who read my comments above a profound apology regarding my short paragraph about Emile Habiby' Saeed The Pessoptimist. The novel describes with a rollicking elegant irony Saeed's problems with Israel authorites. It hasnothing to do with architecture or famous paintings and sculptures.
Good luck with your revisions! I am not a writer, but I also find writing way easier than revising.
I seldom have much familiarity with any of the books you recommend, but I agree that The Sum of Us is excellent.
Thank you for the recommendation. The Trees looks right up my alley. It’s on order! I recently read The Underground Railroad and American Gods, which both also deal with some very real American things using fiction mixed with some unreality, and I was captivated by both.
I came close to recommending Underground Railroad, but I figured the odds of you having read it were higher than The Trees. I hope it really is up your alley.
I’ll check back in with you after I’ve read it. I am optimistic. Thanks again!
Here are some recommendations of Palestinian fiction and poetry. Start with one of the two greatest poets of the 20th century Mahmoud Darwish , author and innovator of over fifteen books and a. few poetic biographies who was also a commited radical who helped write the Oslo Agreements and felt that Arafat gave too much away to the Israel. When Darwish read, not only in the cities of Palestine/Israel, hundreds came to his readings. Fellow Palestinian and others put his poems to music. He made Robert Frost an Ts Eliot look like the Invisible Man. They sang of grey barns and frozen dirt while he climbed the sky and danced with phoenixes. His startling and sterling books include The Butterfly's Burden, Unfortunately It Was Paradise, Adam of Two Edens (where he compares the erasing of the population and massive land theft and destruction of homes and renaming cities to the US government and armies' near genocide of over 200 Native American tribes, calling mass murdere "Manifest Destiny ( and noboddy even had a car). Darwish also wrote The Music of Human Flesh, Psalms, State of Siege Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone, If I Were Another, In The Presence of Absence, Almond Blossoms, I Dont Want This Poem To End ( on his death bed surrounded by close friends, and wrote the innovative poetic nonfiction books Memories of Beirut, The River Dies of Thirst. His good friend, fellow poet Samir Al Qasim, was a master of the short ironic poem sparkling in his Sadder But Water, and All that's left for you,
A masterful writer, and arguably one of the most briliant writers in the world is Sahar Khalifeh, author of at least six novels includidng Wild Thorns, about a trained terrorist who returns home to rcommit an act of mass murder but finds a split attitude among the various Palestinian groups Her novel The End of Spring describes the fullranging 197 Palestinians defied gas bulllets,beating and blastings in a massive movement that remains and grows to epic propotrtions.
Aisi surprising novel is Emile Habiby's dark comeddy Saeed The Accidental Optimist about the travalis and Kafkaesque trials of a young man who is coming, allegedly to look at the architecutre and famous painting and scupters.
Liana Badr has three or four novels about Palestinians trying to survive day by day in Jerusalem,
No list would be complete without out the name Ghassan Kanafani author of many works, including the two trrenchant and elegiac short story collectons- Palestine's Children and Men In The Sun, featuring the long title story about poverty stricken young Palestinian men trying to find work to feed and clothe their families As harrowing a story about trapped immigrants you will ever read. Contrastingly, the story "The Slope" is easiy one of finest and funniest stories" about education in public schools with minimal materials'' that's ever been written other than Grace Paley's one and a half page story in her collection 'LaterThe Same Day", "He Tells Me The. Story About His Life." to be continued
I owe anyone who read my comments above a profound apology regarding my short paragraph about Emile Habiby' Saeed The Pessoptimist. The novel describes with a rollicking elegant irony Saeed's problems with Israel authorites. It hasnothing to do with architecture or famous paintings and sculptures.