Sleeping on a Wire
Conversations with Palestinians in Israel
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
A ground-breaking and profundly important portrayal of the Arab population in IsraelIsrael- Jewish state and national homeland to Jews the world over. But a fifth of its population is Arab, a people who feel themselves to be an inseparable part of the Arab nation, most of which is still technically at war with the State of Israel.In the summer of 1991 David Grossman set out on a journey into the world of Arab citizens of his country. Sleeping on a Wire is an account of what he found. It is ab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099552284 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099552280 |
| Author: | David Grossman, Hiam Watzman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Intelligent, sympathetic, resonant and accessible
Intelligent, sympathetic, resonant and accessible – Nick Hornby * Sunday Times *Outstanding… Unblinkingly harsh, this journey is also, in its sheer honesty and decency, a work of hope * Observer *The Yellow Wind established Grossman as one of Israel’s finest political writers. His latest examination of the Palestinian tragedy is of equal quality, sympathetic without being patronising, sensitive to the point of pain – Robert Fisk * Independent *A writer of passionate self-honesty, unafraid to ask terrible questions – Nadine GordimerA fine, sympathetic book… Its insights reverberate far beyond the Middle East * Scotsman *Grossman has continued the honourable tradition of giving voice to the vocally disenfranchised * Independent *Grossman is an acute and sceptical observer, reckoning with the double and triple languages his subjects use to negotiate their lives in Israel, wrestling honourably with his own reactions * Sunday Times *He is a good and honest and comprehending listener – Christopher Hitchens * Guardian *
About The Author
David Grossman
David Grossman is the bestselling author of numerous works, which have been translated into thirty-six languages. His novel, A Horse Walks into a Bar, was awarded the International Man Booker Prize 2017. Grossman is also the recipient of the French Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the 2010 Frankfurt Peace Prize.
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