We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
A Palestinian Memoir
$24.82
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2024
Summary
‘Profoundly personal as well as historically significant … In his moral clarity and baring of the heart, Shehadeh recalls writers such as Ghassan Kanafani and Primo Levi’ - Hisham Matar, New York Times
Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788169981 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788169980 |
| Author: | Raja Shehadeh |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
‘Powerful … It’s a mark of Shehadeh’s brilliance that this latest revisiting is full of surprises: it’s even in tone, but jet-fuelled by implicit emotion; there’s no conventional suspense, but it is absolutely gripping … masterly’ - Rachel Aspden
‘A striking story of loss, heartbreak and political perfidy … This is a tragedy within a tragedy, of a father and son who, despite their similarities, failed to understand one another, against the backdrop of dispossession of the Palestinian people’ - Lara Marlowe
‘Highly readable … thought-provoking’ - Observer
‘Slim but powerful - rich in recent historical detail with a poignant personal trauma threading in and out of it. This is a Palestinian memoir that will endure’ - Gerald Butt
‘Praise for the author:
‘Palestine’s greatest prose writer’ - Observer
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh is Palestine’s leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books, including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks. He lives in Ramallah.
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